PBS Bolsters Diversity Efforts With New Funding Initiatives, Producing Partner Criteria, D&I Exec Hire

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAn ABC News producer who has worked for years at “Good Morning America” has alleged that the show’s former top executive sexually assaulted her and another female staffer, and she claims the network did little to reprimand or punish him.In a suit filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kirstyn Crawford, a producer who works with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, alleges that Michael Corn, the former top producer at “Good Morning America,”

departed the company this April, has been accused of sexual assault. In May, he was named president of news for NewsNation.Kirstyn Crawford, a producer for the show, filed a suit against Corn and ABC in New York Wednesday, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 2015 and created a toxic work environment.

“To those New Yorkers who have yet to meet me, I say this – you may not know me. But I know you,” the State of New York’s first female Governor Kathy Hochul said in her debut public address after being officially sworn in early Tuesday.

NEW YORK -- A wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors have hammered out a series of reforms and commitments for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.The New Deal for Broadway emerged following a summit of industry leaders organized by Black Theatre United earlier this year.

The Broadway musical Waitress is returning to the New York stage next week and the show will be honoring original cast member Nick Cordero with a special tribute in the production.

NEW YORK -- A wide Broadway coalition of theater owners, producers, union leaders, creators and casting directors have hammered out a series of reforms and commitments for the theater industry to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.The New Deal for Broadway emerged following a summit of industry leaders organized by Black Theatre United earlier this year.

Writer/producer Joseph “Taheim” Bryan, who recently helmed the Ice-T action film Equal Standard, was shot to death in New York City late on Thursday night.

The Killers showcased a host of tracks from their new album ‘Pressure Machine’ at a comeback show in New York last night (August 19).The Las Vegas band debuted ‘In The Car Outside’ and ‘Sleepwalker’ during their gig at Terminal 5. You can watch fan-shot videos of the band’s performances of both tracks below.The Killers also played a host of classic hits including ‘Mr.

Miss New York USA pageant wraps up Friday at the Resorts World Catskills hotel.One hundred sixty women, ages 18 to 28 and from every corner of the state, will compete in front of a live audience in three categories: interview, evening gown and swimwear. The winner will go on to compete in the the Miss USA Pageant in November.“I’m amazed that considering we’re still going through a pandemic, they work so hard and .

AMC has made it abundantly clear that the deal with Anne Rice for the TV rights to a swath of her novels is all part of a master plan to populate its network and streaming platform with the latest, greatest TV franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned first that Netflix has set the cast for their adaptation of Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy & Bean and that is Emmy Award Nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Emmy Award Winner Jane Lynch, Pretty Little Liars‘ Sasha Pieterse, Oscar nominee Nia Vardalos, Garfield Wilson, Jaycie Dotin and Marci T. House.

EXCLUSIVE: MGM and Plan B Entertainment have acquired the film rights to No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Taddeo’s novel Animal, which she will adapt for the screen, marking her feature writing debut. Plan B will produce the film as part of its overall deal with MGM.

NYCNext to rally around the city’s comeback.The song selection wasn’t just a happy coincidence, either.Citing that the original and majestic tune was Joel’s “love letter” to the city during its turbulent years of the mid-’70s, NYCNext re-created his unconditional admiration upon New York’s more modern hardships.“In this equally challenging time, we realized that this song was precisely the rally cry that New York needs,” the group, which describes itself as “a passionate group of New Yorkers

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorReddit announced that it is raising up to $700 million in new funding, giving the community-discussion site a post-money valuation of more than $10 billion, the company said.Reddit, founded in 2005, has raised $410 million in funding to date. The new Series F funding, led by previous investor Fidelity Management and Research Co., includes participation from previous investors.

LOS ANGELES -- PBS has fallen short on some aspects of diversity and is taking steps toward comprehensive change to be overseen by a new executive hired for the task, CEO and President Paula Kerger said.While the measures took into account allegations that PBS favors white male filmmaker Ken Burns (“The Civil War,” “Baseball”) and slights viewers of color, Kerger said, they emerged from a deeper reappraisal prompted by the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.“I think

Peter A. Lees, a film producer whose credits include the recent live-action versions of The Little Mermaid, Anastasia and The Mad Hatter, has died. He was 51.

Parasite executive producer Miky Lee and Interstellar producer Lynda Obst have teamed up to work on a new movie set in the world of K-pop.The forthcoming film is currently titled K-Pop Lost In America and is described as a “road movie”, according to Variety.

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired global rights to Ghost Boys, Jewell Parker Rhodes’ 2018 novel for young readers that weaves genres to explore what happens after a Black child is killed by a white police officer.