‘Thursday Night Football,’ ‘Monday Night Football’ Could Change Networks in TV’s NFL Rights Scramble

Pokémon Sword And Shield’s final expansion, The Crown Tundra, will be releasing next month (October).Owners of the game’s expansion pass will be able to download the latest expansion on October 22. For those who are still yet to buy the pass, an all-in-one bundle will come packed with the base game and all post-launch content on November 6.In an update video from The Pokémon Company, viewers caught a first-look at The Crown Tundra and some of the new features that are set to be added.

Dua Lipa and Anwar Hadid step out for a date night on Monday evening (September 28) in New York City.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIt was a good win for the Green Bay Packers, but maybe even a bigger win for Sunday Night Football last night – at least compared to last week.As well as breaking news from the New York Times of the reality of Donald Trump’s taxes and finances, Green Bay’s match up with the New Orleans Saints faced the determining game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals on ESPN on Sunday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn a crucial moment for any TV network that wants to stay in the business of broadcasting NFL football games, ESPN this evening is calling in some big guns.Before kickoff on tonight’s “Monday Night Football,” the sports-media giant will feature an opening segment designed with help from colleagues at Disney sibling Marvel. The montage looks similar to the opening of one of the studio’s super-hero blockbusters.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMike Tirico’s autumn has converged with his spring and summer.The NBC sportscaster had originally planned to take one really big trip this year – to Tokyo, where he was slated to hold forth at the 2020 Olympics.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Rock will host the first show of the 46th season of “Saturday Night Live” on October 3,  helping the venerable late-night mainstay get back to studio production as all TV programs grapple with the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic.This will mark Rock’s third appearance as host.Megan Thee Stallion will make her debut as an “SNL” musical guest.“SNL” will produce a live broadcast.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWarnerMedia extended its relationship with Major League Baseball with a new seven-year agreement that gives Turner Sports new access to post-season games and will create a Tuesday-night broadcast that seeks to emulate the franchise Turner has built with the NBA.More to come…

An early adopter of all and any filmmaking techniques, when director Steven Soderbergh isn’t innovating on his own (he’s a forerunner of digital filmmaking), mentoring talent, or writing three screenplays in the middle of a pandemic, he’s often acting as a godfather, advisor, and no-fee broker on a project simply because he believes in the artists involved and has always had an eye for talent.

The Killers took to the stage in their hometown of Las Vegas on Monday for a very special rooftop performance.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe game took place in Las Vegas. The sounds were imported from Oakland.No fans yelled from the seats of Allegiant Stadium Monday night as the Las Vegas Raiders triumphed in their home-team debut over the New Orleans Saints.

Will Thorne Staff WriterFox aired its first new scripted programming in quite some time, namely the series premiere of “Filthy Rich” and the broadcast debut of “L.A.’s Finest.” However, neither series produced particularly impressive numbers.“L.A.’s Finest,” which is originally a Spectrum series, aired first with a 0.5 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 2.9 million total viewers. Right after, “Filthy Rich” delivered a 0.4 rating and the same viewership tally.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticBesides the obvious changes in formant and technical reach due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jimmy Kimmel’s third time as host saw a lot of firsts at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards last night.For one, there was a host again after the TV Academy show ceremony tried to be like the 2019 Oscars and go without a frontman or frontwoman.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe Cleveland Browns-Cincinnati Bengals Thursday night game had an added surprise. Fox broadcaster Joe Buck was informed at halftime while he was on the air that he has won the Pete Rozelle Award, which means he is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.The Hall’s President and CEO C.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN is planning a town-hall event with Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden tonight that is so complex and ornate viewers may mistake it for something entirely different.“It’s going to be like ‘American Graffiti,” says Mark Preston, CNN’s vice president of political and special event programming, in an interview.So-called “town halls” have grown in popularity among the nation’s TV-news outlets in recent years, part of a bid to inject the voices of average

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“Saturday Night Live” has tapped Jim Carrey to play Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as the show gears up to put a satirical touch on the run up to Election Day – typically one of the series’ most influential periods.Carrey gets a role that has been played by others in recent years.

James Corden hosted The Late Late Showvirtually on Monday night for the first time since returning to in-studio filming in August after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19. The late night host opened Monday night's episode with the revelation, appearing via Zoom.

ESPN is hoping that one of the architects of rock n' roll can bring some new energy to their “Monday Night Football” show with fewer fans in the stands this year.The new season starting Monday will feature a new version of Little Richard's hit “Rip It Up” featuring new instrumentals and backup vocals from the Virginia-based band Butcher Brown.The song replaces Hank Williams Jr.'s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight," which was repurposed with new lyrics like, “All my rowdy friends are

The eagerly awaited virtual live table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, featuring a star-studded cast including Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, is back on for this week, after "insurmountable" technical difficulties forced organizers to postpone the event from its original Aug. 21 date.