EXCLUSIVE: Darren Criss, Lena Hall, Ramin Karimloo and Solea Pfeiffer will perform a one-night-only benefit concert of the 1986 Benny Andersson-Björn Ulvaeus-Tim Rice musical Chess next month at a Broadway theater to benefit The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund).
The CW Floats $1M An Episode License Fee For Drama Series As Studios Wait For Clarity On New Business Model
02.11.2022 - 05:27 / deadline.com
Not counting the series that are officially ending this season, the oldest scripted series on the air at the CW is flagship All American, currently in its fifth season. All other shows are three-years-old or younger. That is significant as series tend to get more expensive as they age.
And, as the new owners of the CW, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group, have demonstrated, cutting costs is a key element of their plan to make the independent TV network profitable, which involves reducing the volume and price tag of original scripted series and ramping up cost-effective unscripted fare.
As part of the cost-cutting efforts, I hear Nexstar executives have been looking to restructure the agreements with the CW’s current scripted series suppliers, CBS Studios and Warner Bros. Television, floating a target license fee for drama series of $1 million dollar per episode going forward. That is significantly lower than the current license fees the CW pays for its dramas, which I hear range from low-to-mid-one million to high one million dollars/close to $2M an episode. (I hear the CW had previously employed $1M an episode license fee years ago but the network had to step up as production costs started going up and competition for talent drove actor prices up.)
I hear that idea has been met with resistance, with sources telling Deadline that it is not feasible to produce an hourlong series at that license fee, taking on additional deficit, under the current model of the CW getting first run and the studios trying to find domestic off-network and international buyers.
“It is challenging,” one industry source said.
Another observer noted that the new regime’s push for cheaper, broader programming with an emphasis on reality could
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dailyrecord.co.uk
17.11.2022 / 19:05
New UK Hooters sparks noise row with family business who say it's 'affecting trade'
A Hooters arrival has sparked a noise row with a family business owner who claims the new restaurant is 'affecting trade'. Paola Paulucci says she may be left with no choice but to move her cooking school if the restaurant does not take 'accountability' for its noise pollution.
deadline.com
14.11.2022 / 21:25
‘For All Mankind’: Svetlana Efremova Joins Apple TV+’s Space Drama Series
EXCLUSIVE: Svetlana Efremova (The Americans) has been cast as a series regular in the upcoming fourth season of Apple TV+’s space drama series For All Mankind.
deadline.com
14.11.2022 / 19:27
‘We Were The Lucky Ones’: Robin Weigert, Lior Ashkenazi Join Hulu Limited Series
EXCLUSIVE: Robin Weigert and Lior Ashkenazi have been cast in series regular roles on the Hulu Limited Series We Were The Lucky Ones that stars Joey King.
deadline.com
10.11.2022 / 20:47
‘The Sympathizer’: Sandra Oh Among Three Cast In HBO & A24’s Drama Series Adaptation
Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh, Kieuh Chinh (Dynasty) andNguyen Cao Ky Duyen (Paris By Night) are set for key recurring roles in The Sympathizer, a drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, produced by and co-starring Robert Downey Jr.
completemusicupdate.com
10.11.2022 / 14:53
New York court orders Drake and 21 Savage to stop distributing their fake Vogue cover
A New York judge has issued a speedy injunction ordering Drake and 21 Savage to stop distributing the fake Vogue cover they created as part of a promotional campaign for their new collaborative album ‘Her Loss’.The fake Vogue cover is a key part of a spoof heavy album marketing campaign, it basically implying that the Condé Nast fashion magazine is editorially supporting the launch of the record, which it is not. As well as posting the fake cover to social media, posters of it have been put up in cities around the US, and in some places actual copies of Vogue, but with the fake cover added, have been handed out.Condé Nast started issuing cease and desist notices against Drake and 21 Savage – and the communications agency leading on the campaign, Hiltzik Strategies – as soon as it became aware of the fake cover.
usmagazine.com
10.11.2022 / 08:09
Kim Kardashian Calls Khloe Kardashian ‘Skinnier Than Ever’ Following Tristan Thompson Drama: ‘Love How Everyone Is Being So Supportive’
As Khloé Kardashian prepared for her first Met Gala appearance, it was the reality star’s weight loss that was on everyone’s minds.
deadline.com
10.11.2022 / 01:29
‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’: Momona Tamada & Alyvia Alyn Lind Join Disney+ Series As Recurring
EXCLUSIVE: The Baby-Sitters Club breakout Momona Tamada and Alyvia Alyn Lind (Coat Of Many Colors) are set for heavily recurring roles opposite Lyon Daniels, Noah Cottrell and Christian Slater in Disney+’s live-action series The Spiderwick Chronicles.
deadline.com
09.11.2022 / 22:51
‘The Sympathizer’: Five Join Robert Downey Jr. In HBO & A24’s Drama Series Adaptation
Following a worldwide search, HBO and A24 have set the lead cast for The Sympathizer, a drama series adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, produced by and co-starring Robert Downey Jr.
deadline.com
07.11.2022 / 20:35
Amazon Studios’ Vernon Sanders Sets New Original Content Executive Structure With Teams Led By Laura Lancaster, Nick Pepper & Lauren Anderson
EXCLUSIVE: The new structure of Amazon Studios’ US/Global content operations under Head of Television Vernon Sanders is coming into focus. It involves the creation of three creative development teams shepherding programming across SVOD, AVOD and FAST channels. They will be led by Laura Lancaster, Nick Pepper and Lauren Anderson who all are adding new responsibilities while reporting to Sanders, as well as the split of developing scripted content for Prime Video into projects produced solely by Amazon Studios and those coming from outside studios as co-productions.
deadline.com
07.11.2022 / 11:51
BritBox International Signs Sanjeev Bhaskar For Drama Series ‘Inspector Singh Investigates’, Acquires Richard Harris And Peter O’Toole Docs
EXCLUSIVE: BritBox International has tapped Sanjeev Bhaskar as the lead for its latest original drama series, Inspector Singh Investigates, and has picked up docs about legendary acting mavericks Richard Harris and Peter O’Toole.
deadline.com
05.11.2022 / 20:05
‘Causeway’ Producer Justine Ciarrocchi On Why Jennifer Lawrence Sparked To Film’s War Veteran Lead – Contenders New York
Jennifer Lawrence’s Excellent Cadaver producing partner Justine Ciarrocchi said the Oscar-winning actress was “itching to do something small and intimate” after years of doing bigger studio movies when she signed on to make Lila Neugebauer’s Causeway.
deadline.com
04.11.2022 / 00:15
America’s Cup, Skydance Sports And ‘Free Solo’ Team Board All-Access Documentary Series On World’s Greatest Sailing Competition
America’s Cup and Skydance Sports are exclusively partnering for an “all-access, behind-the-scenes” documentary series on the next America’s Cup race, and they’ve enlisted some Oscar-winning talent to help steer the craft.
deadline.com
03.11.2022 / 06:51
HBO Original Drama Series ‘The Last Of Us’ Sets Debut Date
The nine-episode first season of the HBO Original drama series The Last of Us debuts Sunday, January 15 at 9:00 PM ET/PT on HBO and will be available to stream in 4K on HBO Max.
deadline.com
27.10.2022 / 13:45
‘His Dark Materials’ Star Simone Kirby Boards Apple TV+‘s ‘The Buccaneers’-Inspired Drama Series
EXCLUSIVE: His Dark Materials star Simone Kirby has become the latest to board Apple TV+’s drama adaptation based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel The Buccaneers.
deadline.com
26.10.2022 / 01:23
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’: Grantham Coleman Joins In Key Role For Season 3 Of Starz Series
EXCLUSIVE: Grantham Coleman is joining the Starz family.