NBC Inks Partnership Deal With Sports Betting Platform PointsBet, Will Integrate Into Programming

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: CBS Studios has struck a global first-look deal with Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures International and has set its first project – an adaptation of Ragnar Jónasson’s best-selling Nordic noir book The Darkness.The two companies will work together to source, acquire and develop premium scripted content for the international market that is creatively anchored outside the United States.The first project is a series adaptation of Jónasson’s The Darkness,

TV presenter Cat Deeley has admitted to moving home from Los Angeles after gun violence in the US.The 43 year old star upped sticks and headed across the pond to LA in 2006 and called a stunning mason with sweeping views home, alongside husband of eight years, comedian and fellow TV presenter Patrick Kielty, and their two sons Milo, four and James, two. However, since moving back to the UK Cat has admitted part of the reason was due to fears over gun violence.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDiary of a Future President creator Ilana Peña is expanding her relationship with CBS TV Studios, signing an overall deal with the studio behind the series.Peña also serves as co-showrunner and executive producer of the series, which has been renewed for a second season on Disney+.

Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.According to the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, the moderators will be:—Chris Wallace of Fox News for the debate Sept. 29 in Cleveland.—Steve Scully of C-SPAN for the “town meeting” debate Oct.

Moderators have been selected for the upcoming debates between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden as well as Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris.

According to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will moderate the presidential debate on Sept. 29 in Cleveland.

Altice USA, led by CEO Dexter Goei, on Wednesday unveiled a $7.8 billion offer to acquire Canadian cable giant Cogeco Co. with the goal of keeping its U.S.

Johnny Depp has requested a delay in his US defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard to accommodate filming for the latest Fantastic Beasts movie.

Will Thorne Staff WriterABC’s “The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons — Ever!” returned from a three-week break to its lowest ratings yet.The “Bachelor” highlight show scored a 0.2 rating among adults 18-49 and drew only 1.5 million, roughly a 20% drop on both metrics from the previous episode.

Peter White Television EditorEmma Roberts has signed a first-look deal at Hulu and will focus on adapting books for television.The American Horror Story and Scream Queens star struck the deal with the streamer via her Belletrist TV production company, which has set an adaptation of Carola Lovering’s Tell Me Lies as her first project.Tell Me Lies, which was published in 2018, tells the story of a young woman’s obsession with a man who’s good at being charming.

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Kate McKinnon's Carole Baskin project has received a straight-to-series order at NBC. The network announced the news on Tuesday, sharing that the limited series — in which McKinnon will star as Baskin — will roll out across NBCU’s scripted entertainment platforms, NBC, Peacock and USA.

a major reorganization of the company’s television business. That reorganization placed a clear emphasis on the company’s future streaming plans while deemphasizing the importance of certain cable networks in the NBCU portfolio in order to cut costs.The bizarre world of Exotic and Baskin was most famously documented in the hit Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” The series dropped on March 20 and quickly became a media sensation.

Wondery podcast of the same name, “Joe Exotic” is a limited series based on true events following Carole Baskin (McKinnon), a big cat enthusiast, who learns that when fellow exotic animal lover Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit, she sets out to shut down his venture, inciting a quickly escalating rivalry. But Carole has a checkered past of her own and when the claws come out, Joe will stop at nothing to expose what he sees as her hypocrisy.