John Oliver’s winning streak at the Emmys continues.
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EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Campbell has been president of Peacock for less than a year, but she has already steered the 2-year-old outlet through a series of challenges as NBCUniversal looks to make its mark in the streaming race.
She helmed a high-stakes Olympics pivot from poorly received Tokyo coverage last summer to a more fully committed, wall-to-wall outing at the Beijing Winter Games. She leveraged Super Bowl LVII to help Bel-Air become Peacock’s first original series breakout. On a broader level, she has led a strategic turn from the platform’s original focus on its free, ad-supported offerings toward boosting premium subscriber levels.
Campbell’s new mission is to guide Peacock’s 27 million monthly active accounts and 13 million paying subscribers toward next-day streams of NBC and Bravo shows after years of them being found on Hulu. Rights to current and library titles, including attention-getters like Saturday Night Live and Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise, were reclaimed despite parent company Comcast still having a financial stake in Hulu through 2024. (A swath of Bravo titles first made the jump last spring.) Campbell knows the other end of the relationship, having arrived at Peacock in October 2021 after a stint at Hulu, where she was chief marketing officer and president. Prior to her streaming days, she spent a decade as a Google exec after starting out as a banker at JPMorgan Chase.
In a wide-ranging interview with Deadline, the corporate outlook for Hulu and the multibillion-dollar tussle between Comcast and Disney were taken off the table, with Campbell’s camp deferring to colleagues in Philadelphia. Apart from that, the exec was game to tackle a number of topics, from experimenting with movie release windows to
John Oliver’s winning streak at the Emmys continues.
Christina Hall and her husband Josh have thrown a second wedding ceremony to celebrate with friends and family at a lavish resort in Maui, Hawaii. The couple tied the knot in secret with the news being reported back in April and they celebrated their nuptials at an intimate oceanfront ceremony for friends and family at Merriman's Kapalua resort in Maui over the weekend (03. 09.
Christina Hall and husband Josh Hall commemorated their marriage with an idyllic Hawaiian wedding ceremony, several months after the pair actually tied the knot.Christina took to Instagram on Sunday to share some sweet snapshots of their beautiful destination wedding, which took place on Maui.In one photo, Christina and Josh are standing on some large seaside boulders on the beach, with the sun setting behind them, as they gaze lovingly into each other's eyes while wearing their wedding ensembles.«Shared vows in front of family and our close friends. Everything in life has led me to where I am right now, which is exactly where I want to be,» the HGTV star captioned the pic.
Regina Hall is a beloved actress who has starred in some of the best comedies of the last two decades, from Scary Movie to Girl's Trip and the upcoming Honk for Jesus Save your Soul. But Regina has always kept her personal life under wraps, and especially her love life.DISCOVER: 12 Black women-owned brands on Amazon that you need to know aboutThe 51-year-old revealed in 2017 that she believes relationships are "sacred" and that she wouldn't want to "invite the public" until she was "in a space where you are really certain and knowing".WATCH: Regina Hall in Honk for Jesus Save your Soul."Until you see and know what that part of your life is, inviting the public in [is off limits], but I understand people’s curiosity because I ask God ‘who is it going to be’ as much as they do," she told Essence."I’m like, God! But I also do that with other people.
The Chicago P.D. world won’t be the same. Tracy Spiridakos is weighing in on costar Jesse Lee Soffer‘s impending exit from the series.
A man and woman have been arrested in the hunt for a man wanted on suspicion of the murder of Thomas Campbell in Tameside, police have revealed.
A shake-up in Chicago. Jesse Lee Soffer is set to exit Chicago P.D. during the upcoming 10th season.
Emily Longeretta Jesse Lee Soffer is turning in his badge on “Chicago P.D.” The upcoming 10th season will be the last for Soffer, Variety can exclusively announce. The actor has portrayed Det. Jay Halstead since the NBC series’ debut in 2014, appearing in all 187 episodes. He will be departing sometime in the fall. “I want to thank the incredible fans for their unwavering support during the past 10 years and want to express my deepest gratitude to Dick Wolf and everyone at Wolf Entertainment, Peter Jankowski, Matt Olmstead, Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, Rick Eid, Gwen Sigan, NBC, Universal Television, my fellow castmates and our incredible crew,” he said in a statement to Variety on Monday. “To create this hour drama week after week has been a labor of love by everyone who touches the show. I will always be proud of my time as Det. Jay Halstead.”
announced that it would be reclaiming its content from Hulu for Peacock earlier this year. Peacock will now become the go-to streaming destination for new episodes of NBC series such as the “Law & Order” franchise, “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “New Amsterdam” and more.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Fans of NBC’s current-season shows will no longer find them on Hulu as of next month — they’ll be flying over to NBCUniversal’s Peacock. NBCU announced that starting Sept. 19, Peacock Premium will become the streaming home for next-day access to current seasons of NBC shows the day after they air on the network. The media conglom had clawed back the next-day rights for NBC shows from Disney-controlled Hulu, in which NBCU still owns a one-third stake, earlier this year. NBC series that will become exclusively available on Peacock include franchises like Dick Wolf’s “Law & Order” trifecta and One Chicago shows, the network’s late-night lineup including “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Late Night With Seth Meyers” and “Saturday Night Live,” returning series such as “La Brea,” “New Amsterdam” and “Young Rock” and competition shows including “The Voice” and “America’s Got Talent.” Also streaming exclusively on Peacock are new series bowing on NBC this fall including a reboot of “Quantum Leap” and “Lopez vs. Lopez.”
For the first time in the history of the Law & Order franchise, all three of Dick Wolf’s dramas on NBC will come together for a special crossover event to help the network kick off its 2022-23 TV season.
Huge news for Law & Order fans!
Sterling K. Brown and Regina Hall in their new comedy, Both stars walked the red carpet at the premiere of their new film at Regal LA Live in Los Angeles on Monday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about the comedy, and some of the unexpected moments that arise while embodying their characters.In the film, Brown stars as the boisterous pastor of a megachurch and Hall stars as his wife, who is trying to rebuild their congregation following a scandal.
Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder is coming to Disney+ on September 8. It’s one of several titles premiering on the streaming service on Disney+ Day.
Police are hunting for a man wanted on suspicion of the alleged murder of Thomas Campbell in Tameside. An investigation was launched after Mr Campbell, 38, was found dead at a property on Riverside, Mossley, on July 3.
Steven Pasquale has been tapped as the male lead opposite Neve Campbell in Avalon, ABC’s drama series based on Michael Connelly’s short story, from David E. Kelley, A+E Studios and 20th Television. Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterSteven Pasquale is set to star opposite Neve Campbell in the upcoming ABC series “Avalon,” Variety has learned.The announcement of Pasquale’s casting comes just one day after Campbell’s, with Campbell set to play the lead role in the show. It hails from co-creators David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly, with the show based on a short story that Connelly wrote.
Neve Campbell will be returning to broadcast television in the upcoming ABC show Avalon, which already has a straight-to-series order.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterNeve Campbell is set to star in the upcoming ABC series “Avalon,” Variety has confirmed.The show hails from co-creators David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly, with the show based on a short story that Connelly wrote. It was ordered straight-to-series at ABC in February.The series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office.