MSNBC Streaming Expansion: Mika Brzezinski, Nicolle Wallace to Launch New Shows

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN cut back on coverage of one of the biggest news stories of the day during its primetime schedule due to a very unorthodox situation: The anchor not telling the story is the brother of the public official at the center of it.The WarnerMedia-backed outlet kept anchor Chris Cuomo on the air Tuesday night even as it worked to cover a state investigation that found Cuomo’s older brother, New York Gov.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDiscovery said second-quarter profit increased as advertising rebounded from a pullback last year during the coronavirus pandemic and as the company attracted new customers — 18 million to date — to its new streaming operations.Net income came to $672 million, or $1.01 per share, compared with $271 million, or 40 cents a share.The New York owner of the HGTV, Food Network and Discovery Channel cable outlets said overall revenue in the second quarter rose 21% to

Skepta has revealed that he has no more unreleased music and that he will instead produce other acts’ work from now on.The grime legend released his ‘All In’ EP on Friday (July 30) and with it announced that fans won’t be hearing anything else from him.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBob Costas isn’t hosting the Olympics any longer, but he’s still having conversations about bigger issues in sports. Not too long ago, with the Summer Olympics in full swing, he might have held forth on NBC.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne of Fox News’ staunchest sponsors, MyPillow, has asked for its all of commercials to taken off the news channel after Fox balked at the claims that the company hoped to make in a potential new ad campaign.In a statement late Thursday, Fox News confirmed a report by The Wall Street Journal that Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, had asked for his company’s ads to be taken out of their schedule after the network decided not to run a proposed ad promoting baseless

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of strong Q2 ratings, HGTV is expanding its 2021-22 programming lineup. The Discovery-owned network has greenlighted 11 new series and ordered three pilots that cover HGTV’s core areas of home renovation, design and real estate while also expanding into cleaning, organization, rentals, mansions and family relationships at home.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV ratings have fallen, top athletes have dropped out and live crowds aren’t around to cheer, but executives at Comcast still believe in the power of broadcasting the Olympics.“We’ve had some bad luck,” acknowledged Jeff Shell, chief executive of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, which has the rights to telecast the sports extravaganza, during a call with investors on Thursday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRanger Rick is getting ready to explore a decidedly untraditional path.The nature-focused raccoon, who has for a half century taught children about animals and conservation in magazine pages, is in the midst of learning about what it might take for him to land his adventures on a streaming outlet or kid-focused media channel.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKyle Hamiton, Cam Hart, Conor Ratigan and KJ Wallace have another game to play while attending Notre Dame.The four students are members of the university’s football team, and they are getting ready to give fans and Notre Dame sports aficionados their own take on sports and whatever else they might find interesting.Stating Wednesday, the quartet will hold forth on “Inside The Garage,” a twice-weekly podcast in which active players from the college’s 2021 football

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Nation has enlisted a new face to help it navigate TV’s streaming wars.As part of a licensing pact with WarnerMedia’s Warner Bros. studio, the Fox News-backed streaming outlet will offer six classic films featuring Clint Eastwood throughout the month of August, along with two original documentary specials made to accompany the movies.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBCUniversal hopes its broadcast of the Tokyo Olympics gives American viewers a grand sports spectacle they can watch at any time they like.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNBCU News Group said it plans to hire 200 people over the next few months as it adds several new hours of live, original programming for NBC News Now, its over-the-top streaming service.The majority of the new roles will support NBC News Now’s expanding streaming operations and programming. NBCU News Group said the additional headcount is on top of more than 70 new hires of late.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGun violence is an issue that has plagued the United States for years. ABC News hopes its efforts to track the problem across a recent week will shed new light on it.The Disney-backed news outlet is on Sunday launching “One Nation Under Fire,” a new project in conjunction with news staffers at ABC’s local TV stations that hopes to explore the root causes of gun violence by tracking a week of shootings across the U.S.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the Season 7 finale of The Flash.

Former MGM Co-President of Production Adam Rosenberg has partnered with Oscar winner Rodney Rothman (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) to launch Modern Magic, a media company focused on creating “event entertainment” for the 21st-century audience, across animation and live-action.

Angelique Jackson Oscar-winning filmmaker Rodney Rothman (“Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse”) and former MGM co-president of production Adam Rosenberg have teamed up to launch the new “event entertainment” company, Modern Magic.“Helping lead the team that made Into the Spider-Verse was a life-altering experience that forever changed what I thought was possible,” Rothman said, announcing the new venture.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAmazon founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers successfully reached the lower regions of space in New Shepard, a re-usable craft developed by the entrepreneur’s Blue Origin aerospace company, a new step in efforts to commercialize space flight and open potential trips to the cosmos to a broader array of visitors.Bezos was joined in his quest by his brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old who previously took part in NASA’s Mercury program, but was

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKasie Hunt, an NBC News correspondent viewed as being on the rise in recent years, is leaving the NBCUniversal outlet.Hunt surprised viewers Friday on her early-morning MSNBC program, “Way Too Early,”by revelaing that she was doing her last broadcast of the show.