YouTube Revenue Falls to $3.8 Billion as Pandemic Hits Ad Business

In the latest financial quarter, entertainment giants' earnings reports revealed pain from the pandemic, but CEOs tried to focus on bright spots, touting streaming growth and signs that the TV advertising market isn't cratering as much as anticipated. On investor calls, industry chiefs acted largely as a chorus on advertising, with the tune being that companies held up better than feared and that April marked the low point.

Rutherford Falls -- who have ties to The Office -- gathered for a digital panel on Monday to preview the show, which is one of many new series coming to the new streaming service.

One of the central themes of Peacock’s upcoming Michael Schur-Ed Helms comedy “Rutherford Falls” is an examination of the role that historical statues play in our understanding of history, a particularly timely storyline given the renewed debates surrounding Confederate monuments.“I would say the existence of Confederate and historical statues and their controversies going way back fed into these ideas that we were bouncing around,” Helms said during a Television Critics Association press tour

Ed Helms, Mike Schur (, ) and Sierra Teller Ornelas (), is a timely and topical Peacock original about the lives in a small town in upstate New York and the Native American reservation it borders, which are turned upside down after town namesake Nathan Rutherford (Helms) fights the moving of a historical statue.

Peter White Television Editor“You never see Indians on TV,” said Rutherford Falls co-creator and showrunner Sierra Teller Ornelas. “When you do it’s one guy and he has to transform into a wolf.”The Peacock comedy, which also comes from Ed Helms and Mike Schur is set in a small town in upstate New York and the Native American reservation it borders.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPeacock’s upcoming Rutherford Falls has set its initial cast. Joining Ed Helms in the comedy series are Jana Schmieding (Blast), Michael Greyeyes (I Know This Much Is True), Jesse Leigh (Heathers) and Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSara Bareilles has been cast in a lead role of the upcoming Tina Fey-Robert Carlock produced Peacock comedy series “Girls5eva.”In the series, when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot.Bareilles will star as Dawn, a former member of Girls5eva, who is now a bit restless in life managing her family’s small Italian restaurant in Queens.

Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority stake to an investor group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, reported lower second-quarter financials amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Actor and expecting father Orlando Bloom just revealed that he and his baby mama Katy Perry would “definitely” consider moving to Australia to raise their upcoming child. “As we’re about to bring a baby into the world, and I think everybody’s exploring all thoughts and ideas, I definitely wouldn’t rule Australia out,’ the 43-year-old actor told Daily Mail.

Amphibia, the story of a teen who was magically transported to a fantastical world of frog-people, is going to look quite familiar to fans of the network's beloved series Gravity Falls.

U.K. TV giant ITV, led by CEO Carolyn McCall, on Thursday reported a 17 percent revenue drop for the first half of 2020, including a drop at its production unit and "the most severe decline in the history of ITV" in advertising, due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

ViacomCBS on Thursday reported lower but better-than-expected second-quarter earnings and a 27 percent drop in advertising revenue for the first full three-month period affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

LiveNation has reported that revenue for the year to date is down 98%.

Katy Perry says being pregnant during a pandemic is "an emotional rollercoaster". The 35-year-old singer is expecting her first child with fiancé Orlando Bloom, 43, but admitted that the Covid-19 global health crisis has made her pregnancy extra challenging.

Katy Perry is feeling a lot of feelings.

Discovery on Wednesday reported lower, but better-than-expected financials, including U.S. advertising revenue, for the second quarter amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, which had its first full-quarter impact in the period.

Katy Perry has described being pregnant during a pandemic as an “emotional rollercoaster”.

American Idol judge, is out (well, not literally out) promoting her upcoming album, Smile, and —all during a global pandemic. Oh, and she had to postpone her wedding to Orlando Bloom, too. The singer opened up to about what that's been like for her and let fans in, yet again, on her vulnerable side.