The CW Is Hit With Dozens Of Layoffs As Nexstar Plots More Frugal Course For Broadcast Network

Going commando — for a specific reason. Hoda Kotb was shocked to learn that her Today cohost Jenna Bush Hager “never wears underwear.”

Kymberly Herrin, who played the “Dream Ghost” in Ghostbusters and appeared in a ZZ Top video that cemented the band as MTV stars, has died. She was 66.

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Kahl, one of the longest-tenured and most respected top executives in broadcast TV, will leave his post as President of CBS Entertainment at the end of the year after 5½ years in his current role and 26 years total at the network.

Nexstar Media Group, which has long been known for its enviable balance sheet and knack for finding ways to economize, plans to fund its investment in The CW with proceeds from its sale of a Chicago property to a casino developer.

A mum-of-four has revealed her unusual parenting techniques as she allows her children to live as they please with her permission to drink coffee, walk around barefoot and play outside in the rain. Mara Doemland, 28, from Texas, uses a mixture of controversial approaches to parenting as she encourages her children to be free thinkers and doesn't want them to ''be restricted'' in what they do.

Cue the Gavin DeGraw! Chad Michael Murray, James Lafferty, Hilarie Burton Morgan, Bethany Joy Lenz and more One Tree Hill alums returned to Wilmington for the ultimate reunion.

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+’s The Morning Show is expanding its recurring cast for the upcoming third season, adding Clive Standen (Taken), Alano Miller (Dexter: New Blood) and Lindsay Duncan (A Discovery Of Witches). They’ll join new series regulars Nicole Beharie and Jon Hamm as well as fellow new recurring players Tig Notaro, Stephen Fry and Natalie Morales, as well as Julianna Margulies, who is reprising her Season 2 role.

Nexstar grew revenue 9.7% for the September quarter to $1.29 billion for the three months ended in September, as the new CW owner cited growth in political advertising, distribution and digital revenue.

It’s hard to imagine a time when director Quentin Tarantino wasn’t putting together favorite lists or telling folks why he loves certain films in various interviews, some well-known and others being obscure gems. The cinephile recently put that love of filmmaking to paper with a new nonfiction novel “Cinema Speculation” that focuses on the films of the 1970s that Tarantino watched as a young moviegoer and had a lasting impact as he eventually tried his own hand at creating his own movies.

A look inside the complicated life of Selena Gomez. The superstar documented her career and health journey from 2016 to 2020 in Apple TV+’s My Mind & Me, which starts streaming on Friday, November 4.

Broadcast networks are devoting their primetime hours to coverage of next week’s midterm results, underscoring the stakes and interest in this year’s election. But the night is also a bit of a prelude to 2024, as all of the news divisions and cable news outlets hope that audiences will return for another momentous presidential election. 

EXCLUSIVE: As the dust has settled on the wave of layoffs that hit the CW yesterday, we are hearing more names of senior executives in multiple areas who were impacted.

EXCLUSIVE: The new iteration of The CW is starting to take shape.

Paul Hewitt is the latest long-term exec leaving The CW.

Celebrity reactions to Takeoff’s untimely passing have begun circulating on social media, and they show just how loved he was.

In mourning. Celebrities are sending thoughts and prayers after Migos member Takeoff was killed at age 28.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the striking first official image of Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in feature Lee.

Bridget Moynahan is subtly chiming into the conversation…

Weighing in? Bridget Moynahan gave fans cryptic advice about the end of a relationship as ex Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen continue to spark split speculation.