Sony Pictures Television Names Joe D’Ambrosia EVP & GM Of Kids Programming Subsidiary Silvergate Media

The Dr. Oz Show spinoff The Good Dish has been canceled after one partial season in national syndication, sources tell Deadline. The Good Dish replaced the long-running The Dr. Oz Show, which ended on January 14 amid host Mehmed Oz’s Senate run in Pennsylvania.

Eugene Hernandez has been promoted to the new role of SVP of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) and Executive Director of the New York Film Festival (NYFF), and Dennis Lim has been upped to the NYFF’s first-ever Artistic Director, newly promoted President, Lesli Klainberg, announced on Friday. Hernandez will also continue to lead FLC’s strategic initiatives, including his role as publisher of Film Comment.This year will mark the 60th anniversary of NYFF, and the festival will run from Sept. 30 to Oct.

EXCLUSIVE: The Many Saints Of Newark star Alessandro Nivola is set to join Sony Pictures’ Marvel movie Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson in the titular role. It’s unknown who Nivola will be playing other then it being the villain in the film. He joins a cast that already includes Ariana DeBose, Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSony Pictures Television sealed a deal to acquire Industrial Media, a major nonfiction TV production company whose portfolio includes “90 Day Fiancé,” “So You Think You Can Dance” and “American Idol.”The deal values Industrial Media at $350 million. Upon closing, Sony Pictures will acquire a majority controlling interest in Industrial Media but the studio declined to reveal its ownership percentage.Industrial Media’s production shingles include 19 Entertainment, B17 Entertainment, House of NonFiction, Sharp Entertainment, the Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), This Machine Filmworks, This Radicle Act and Trilogy Films.The company companies produce more than 100 programs distributed worldwide in genres including documentary, music competition and reality categories.

Ariana DeBose is taking Hollywood by storm and has her eye on a new challenge. The celebrated actress is joining the action-packed world of comic book cinema!ET can confirm that the Oscar-nominated star has signed on to star in Sony Pictures' upcoming Marvel project, DeBose will appear opposite Aaron Taylor Johnson, who is set to star as the titular Kraven, a Russian immigrant who's real name is Sergei Kravinoff, who comes to New York to prove himself as the world's greatest hunter.According to, who was the first to report the casting news, DeBose is likely set to play Calypso, who — at least in the comics — is a sinister voodoo priestess and magical villain who is also an occasional love interest and ally to Kraven.Both Kraven and Calypso have been longtime enemies of Spider-Man, and fit into the Sony Spider-Man Universe that the studio has established with movies including and the long-delayed, starring Jared Leto.is helmed by J.C.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorChicken Soup for the Soul, the parent company of Crackle and other streaming platforms, has reached an agreement to acquire production-distribution outfit 1091 Pictures for $15.6 million.The pact calls for Chicken Soup to acquire the New York-based company for $8 million in cash and the rest in stock. The deal brings to Chicken Soup a library of movies and TV series as well as its own streaming distribution platforms.Chicken Soup plans to merge 1091 Pictures assets with its Screen Vision division to enhance both companies’ ability to provides on-demand distribution options for independent filmmakers.“The 1091 Pictures team transformed their large content library into a scalable, modern distribution platform with a compelling slate of channels that are a pragmatic addition to our existing assets,” said David Fannon, president of Screen Media Ventures.

Naman Ramachandran Eminent British media personality Afua Hirsch has been named advisory chair for the 2022 edition of Screen Scotland‘s Edinburgh TV Festival. Founder of Born in Me Productions, an independent production company focusing on scripted and non-scripted television, movies and podcasting, Hirsch is renowned for her work on black culture, history, identity and culture in the African diaspora and worldwide. Hirsch has presented documentaries including “African Renaissance,” a documentary series for the BBC on African art, “Enslaved,” an Epix series about the history of the transatlantic slave trade with Samuel L. Jackson, and podcast series “We Need to Talk about the British Empire,” for Audible.

Afua Hirsch, a broadcaster, journalist and presenter on Samuel L. Jackson’s Epix series Enslaved, has been appointed Advisory Chair of this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival.

More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded the country last week, according to the UN refugee agency.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlit a UK crime thriller adaptation of Si Spencer’s mind-bending graphic novel Bodies, Deadline can reveal, about four detectives in four different London eras who find themselves investigating the same murder.

Conservative news organizations and social media have pounced on comments made yesterday by The View‘s Joy Behar in which the liberal co-host seemed to bemoan vacation plans ruined by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

NEW YORK -- A man charged in the slaying of Jam Master Jay once filmed a brazen rap video in front of a street mural commemorating the Run-DMC legend, prosecutors say in court papers opposing the defendant’s release on bail.The amateur video was one of several instances when Karl Jordan Jr. proved himself a danger to the community by openly bragging about dealing drugs and possessing guns following Jay’s 2002 death, the documents say.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinetic Media has boarded sales on Yogi Berra documentary It Ain’t Over, which has wrapped production and is aiming for a festival premiere this year.

Sony has dated Tom Hanks “A Man Called Otto” to be released on Christmas Day, and Sandra Oh’s “Umma” to be released on March 18, the company announced on Friday.Meanwhile, the Jack Black Ice Cube comedy “Oh Hell No” has been pulled from the release schedule.“A Man Called Otto,” is a comedy starring Hanks that’s an English-language remake based on the Swedish book and film “A Man Called Ove.”Marc Forster is attached to direct the film, and David Magee is writing the script based on Fredrik Backman’s book. Ove has been renamed Otto for the Americanized film version of the story.Hanks plays the title character Otto, who is a grumpy isolated widower with staunch principles, strict routines and a short fuse, and who gives everyone in his neighborhood a hard time as he watches over it like a hawk. Just as it seems like he’s finally given up on life, an unlikely and reluctant friendship develops with his new neighbors.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterDisney Junior exec Joe D’Ambrosia has been hired as executive vice president and general manager of Sony Pictures Television’s Silvergate Media. D’Ambrosia will be taking over for Silvergate founder Waheed Alli, who is stepping down from his post as CEO this summer.In his new role at the Sony-owned children’s programming producer, D’Ambrosia will serve as Silvergate’s creative and strategic business leader, overseeing day-to-day operations of the company.

Channel 4 Pre-Buys ‘Hitler: A Life In Pictures’

Sony Pictures Classics has pushed back the release for Roger Michell’s film The Duke, starring Academy Award winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, by a month—from March 25 to April 22, 2022. It will be released in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on the latter date before expanding to additional cities over the following weeks.

Matt LeBlanc was pictured publicly for the first time since reports emerged that he has split from his girlfriend, Aurora Mulligan. Over the weekend, it was claimed that the Friends actor, 54, and the 36 year old Top Gear producer parted ways after nearly six years together.