WarnerMedia Hasn’t Focused on Replacing Jeff Zucker, Opening Chance for Executive to Stay

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN terminated three staffers who came to its offices without being vaccinated and indicated to employees it will push back a scheduled full return to the office by several weeks.In a memo to staffers, Jeff Zucker, chairman of WarnerMedia’s news and sports operations, said new conditions related to the coronavirus pandemic had made executives more cautious about having all staffers return to the office by September 7, an earlier goal.

CNN head Jeff Zucker said that the network has fired three employees for going into the office without being vaccinated against Covid-19, and that parent WarnerMedia may ultimately require proof of the shots.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFinance and politics aren’t the only things on the schedule at Fox Business Network.The Fox Corp.-owned outlet, which in recent years has generated its biggest ratings for a show led by Lou Dobbs that burnished a distinctly right-leaning brand of politics, will in September stock the bulk of its primetime grid with documentary-style programming featuring hosts like Mike Rowe, country music star John Rich, Stuart Varney and Cheryl Casone.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen Carrie Bradshaw appeared on HBO, she didn’t have much to do with commercials. When she appears on HBO Max, the character may find a staff eager to find ways to set her up with new kinds of advertising.WarnerMedia’s ad sales division is launching a new studio, House of Max, that aims to develop commercials for advertisers that utilize characters and concepts from its various shows.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“Saturday Night Live” impresario Lorne Michaels has an intriguing offer for veteran cast members thinking of leaving the show: Don’t.Each summer brings with it an annual “SNL” ritual in which Michaels and top producers try to figure out which members of the current troupe of the show’s “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” will leave and which will remain.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV ratings have fallen, top athletes have dropped out and live crowds aren’t around to cheer, but executives at Comcast still believe in the power of broadcasting the Olympics.“We’ve had some bad luck,” acknowledged Jeff Shell, chief executive of Comcast’s NBCUniversal, which has the rights to telecast the sports extravaganza, during a call with investors on Thursday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorKyle Hamiton, Cam Hart, Conor Ratigan and KJ Wallace have another game to play while attending Notre Dame.The four students are members of the university’s football team, and they are getting ready to give fans and Notre Dame sports aficionados their own take on sports and whatever else they might find interesting.Stating Wednesday, the quartet will hold forth on “Inside The Garage,” a twice-weekly podcast in which active players from the college’s 2021 football

Is it ‘Man Of Easttown,’ ‘True Maretective’? Showtime really looks like it loves the Pennsylvania Rust Belt and troubled cops, the same milieu of HBO’s recently acclaimed “Mare Of Easttown.” But coming off the wake of that series, is it going to look like some rehash of a very similar story? Their latest series is “American Rust,” a family drama starring Jeff Daniels.

Jeff Bezos had his loved ones, including girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, waiting on the ground when he landed from his space flight!

CNN will hire 450 people to help launch new streaming service CNN+, which will debut in the first quarter of 2022. CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker was joined by executive vice president Andrew Morse, head of product and general manager of CNN+ Alex MacCallum and senior vice president and head of programming for CNN+ Rebecca Kutler for a town hall broadcast Tuesday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News has come under scrutiny in recent weeks for the mixed messages it has sent viewers about getting vaccinated against coronavirus. Steve Doocy might promote getting vaccinated on “Fox & Friends,” but primetime host Laura Ingraham has suggested U.S.

Mary Wallace “Wally” Funk may physically be back on Earth, but mentally she’s still on clould nine. The 82-year-old iconic space aviator was onboard Jeff Bezos‘ 6-foot-tall New Shepard rocket from Blue Origin that jetted off into space (and back!) on Tuesday, July 20.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, 57, took a major step to help pave the way for space travel on Tuesday July 20. His family was ready to greet him when he stepped out of the capsule of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, after landing back in Texas. After stepping off the rocket, he gave his mom Jacklyn, 74, and his sons hugs. His girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, 51, gave the Amazon executive chairman a big hug and kiss.

Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his civilian crewmates returned to the Earth’s surface safely after rocketing into space Tuesday aboard his Blue Origin spacecraft.

Amazon founder strapped himself into Blue Origin’s sub-orbital New Shepard rocket from a space station in Texas today. Alongside him was brother Mark, astronaut Wally Funk and Blue Origin’s first customer Oliver Daemon - who has become the youngest person in space.

UPDATE 06:22AM PT: Bezos is back. The billionaire’s craft has successfully touched down in the Texas desert after what appeared to be a seamless 10-minute journey. A cowboy hat-sporting Bezos was seen giving a thumbs up to Blue Origin workers who drove out to retrieve him and his fellow passengers, who were his brother Mark, 82-year-old pilot Wally Funk, and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen.

The richest man in the world has officially launched into space. Jeff Bezos continued the Billionaire Space Race on Tuesday (July 20).