Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be flashing their smiles on the small screen in no time.
07.09.2023 - 19:25 / variety.com
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Jen Psaki is stretching beyond her weekend shift at MSNBC. The former Biden White House Press Secretary turned Sunday commentator is expanding her purview at the NBCUniversal-backed cable outlet. She will begin anchoring MSNBC’s 8 p.m.
hour on Mondays, a slot that the regular host of that hour, Chris Hayes, typically has off. While Psaki’s “Inside with Jen Psaki will air on Mondays at 8 p.m., Hayes’ “All In With Chris Hayes” will continue to appear Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m. The new Psaki schedule starts Monday, September 25.
The maneuver will create a singular Monday block at MSNBC in which Psaki will lead into Rachel Maddow’s weekly program Mondays at 9 p.m. The move is also likely inject Psaki into primetime proceedings at moments of national import, when MSNBC President Rashida Jones often convenes a panel of popular commentators, including Maddow, Alex Wagner, Lawrence O’Donnell, Ari Melber and Nicolle Wallace. MSNBC has reason to invest more heavily in Psaki.
Her Sunday program, during which she tries to explain the nuances behind major national and political issues and profiles newsmakers, has fared well since its launch in March. Psaki is represented by UTA. “Inside with Jen Psaki” was the most-watched cable-news program Sunday at noon in August, according to data from Nielsen.
The program lured an average of 931,000 total viewers, compared with 922,000 for Fox News at noon and 599,000 for CNN. She has wooed a crowd by utilizing tactics that aren’t the norm for cable news. Many hosts like to use weighted rhetoric or a desk-thumping demeanor.
Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon will be flashing their smiles on the small screen in no time.
Christina Milian is clearing the air on her fan-speculated feud with Jennifer Lopez.
Rolling Stone last week (September 14), which reported that two festival-goers had filed the lawsuit just over a week after the 2023 instalment, which ran between September 2 and September 3.Here, they highlighted the tumultuous conditions faced by ticket holders over the weekend, and described the two-day event as “a nightmare endured by thousands of electronic music fans”.According to reports, the first day was cancelled just three hours before it was set to start due to ongoing “global supply chain issues”, which reportedly prevented the construction of the main stage at the festival.Additionally, the final day reportedly opened late and was oversold – with the full capacity being met by midday and approximately 7,000 festival-goers being prevented from entering the site, despite having valid tickets.As shared by the outlet, the plaintiffs – Nicole Brockmole and Lauren Bair – are seeking damages on behalf of all of “all affected patrons who paid for ticket(s) for access or entry to [Electric Zoo] were not granted access”.The lawsuit also highlights that “in addition to Friday’s cancellation”, the circumstances at the site on Randall’s Island, New York soon “turned worse for Electric Zoo fans on Sunday when they were left to languish in heatwave for hours after being greeted by never-ending lines to enter the festival and eventually denied entry because the venue was oversold and overcrowded”.Brockmole and Blair – who are from North Carolina and Arizona respectively – were among thousands who travelled to New York for the festival, only to be denied entry. Another attendee who faced the same predicament told Rolling Stone: “I’m never coming back.
Christina Milian is looking back on the time that she wrote one of Jennifer Lopez‘s hit singles.
Chris Stapleton and rap legend Snoop Dogg have teamed up to cover rock icon Phil Collins‘ ‘In The Air Tonight’ as the NFL’s new Monday Night Football theme song – listen to it below.Today (September 19), ESPN took to social media to share the new Monday Night Football anthem, which also features drummer Cindy Blackman Santana taking on the iconic drum fills of the original track.Watch the three artists breathe new life into ‘In The Air Tonight’ below.Can you feel it?
The power and popularity of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight,” which first famously appeared on TV in Season 1 of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice, has outlasted 30 years of screen appearances in everything from Risky Business to a Cadbury chocolate bar ad to a fictional Mike Tyson’s affinity for the tune in the original Hangover. Now, it’s been reinvented as the theme song for one of TV’s most popular shows.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez enjoyed an outing to Los Angeles’ Melrose flea market over the weekend.
ABC is bringing a ton of football programming to the network!
ABC is loading up on a slew of extra NFL games in a bid to bolster its fall schedule.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor “Monday Night Football” was for many years a staple of ABC’s Monday-night line-up before it moved to ESPN in 2006. This fall, it will be so again. ABC will air ten more “MNF” games than previously expected this season, simulcasting then with Disney TV sibling ESPN in a move that will help the broadcast network as the industry grapples with ongoing strikes by WGA and SAG-AFTRA.
Singer Olivia Rodrigo featured in WIRED‘s Autocomplete Interview in a new video. In it, she talks about how she failed her driving test on her first attempt and her friendship with Jenna Ortega, along with other topics.
The NFL regular season is finally back to breathe some life into linear television.
UPDATED WITH details and company comment. Disney and Charter Communications have reached a carriage renewal, ending a 10-day impasse that drew intense scrutiny to the shifting economics of pay-TV in the streaming era.
EXCLUSIVE: The inspiring story of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and his road back to football after nearly dying on the field last January will be turned into a feature film documentary. Did We Win will highlight the player’s miraculous recovery since stunning the NFL when he collapsed on the field and went into cardiac arrest during a Monday Night Football game last January, after sustaining a blow to the chest.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Disney and Charter have decided to let ESPN sports take the field on traditional cable after all. The two media giants, battling for the past week over a renewal for carriage of Disney’s various cable networks on Charter’s major-market cable systems, have come to new terms, according to the companies.
Jen Psaki will expand her show to Monday nights on MSNBC, when she will host the 8 p.m. ET hour currently occupied by All In with Chris Hayes.
Coronation Street fans are convinced that Stephen Reid could soon meet his match, as they predict Jenny Connor will the be the key to his downfall. The formidable landlady of the Rovers Return has recently embarked on a romance with Stephen after the scheming businessman split up from former flame Elaine after trying to pocket her wealth.
Justin Timberlake and Timbaland have been announced as the new music curators for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.Earlier this week, ESPN unveiled their partnership with Timberland and Timberlake to curate music for select Monday Night Football games throughout the 2023-24 NFL season. The music selected will be played during promotional spots, live telecasts and pregame shows over a seven-week period.Timbaland, Timberlake and fellow ’00s pop star Nelly Furtado‘s new collaboration ‘Keep Going Up‘ will be used in a week one promotional spot.
Todd Carty has graced our screens for decades, leaving an indelible mark on some of our most beloved TV shows. His most prominent role was that of Mark Fowler in EastEnders, a character he portrayed from 1990 to 2003. Todd's journey in the entertainment industry began as Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill, a role that garnered so much popularity that it led to his own spin-off series, Tucker's Luck, which aired from 1983 to 1985.
What makes a hit series? In the age of streaming with a lack of transparency, it’s hard to tell. But for Apple TV+, their pride and joy flagship show is still “The Morning Show,” due to its A-list cast and Emmy-wins that they can tout.