Ronna McDaniel out at NBC News following backlash NBC has dropped Ronna McDaniel as a paid contributor, NBCU News Group Chair Cesar Conde confirmed in a memo to staff following backlash from some of the network's journalists. 03/26/2024 - 2:15 pm | View Link
Ronna McDaniel outrage renews scrutiny of politics-to-pundit pipeline The furious response to NBC's hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel has triggered broader criticism of cable news' lucrative — and often controversial — alliance with former government and party ... 03/25/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
NBC renews 'Chicago,' 'Law & Order' shows NBC has announced it renewed several shows for the 2024-25 television season. Expected to return with fresh episodes are Brian Tee's Chicago Med, Taylor Kinney's Chicago Fire, Jason Beghe's Chicago P. 03/22/2024 - 1:07 am | View Link
As NBC Renews One Chicago And Law And Order: SVU, Here's How They Rank In The Ratings There are still a couple of months left in the spring portion of the 2024 TV schedule, but NBC has some early good news for fans of the network's biggest programs. All three One Chicago shows and ... 03/21/2024 - 11:32 am | View Link
NBC Renews ‘Chicago’ Shows, Two ‘Law & Order’ Series Chicago Med, in season nine, is averaging 10.5 million viewers (L+35) this season, NBC said. Chicago Fire, in season 12, is averaging 12.6 million viewers and Chicago P.D., in season 11, is averaging ... 03/21/2024 - 8:38 am | View Link
French TV giant Banijay is losing its second C-suite exec in just over a month. The company has confirmed to Variety that COO Peter Langenberg is departing, with his last day set to be March 31. Langenberg will remain with Banijay on a consultancy basis in the ESG (environment, social and governance) space.
Hankyu Hanshin, parent company of all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, has apologized to the family of an actor who died in September last year. The 25-year-old woman died after being harassed by theatre officials and older members of the company, it was alleged. She was found at or near her condominium in Hyogo Prefecture, […]
ASIAN CINEMA CELEBRATION Veteran Chinese director Zhang Yimou will be presented with a lifetime achievement award at the upcoming edition of the Festival of Far East Film in Italy’s Udine (April 24 – May 2). The lineup will include three films by Zhang: his 2023 political thriller “Under the Light” in its competition section; as […]
The Busan International Film Festival has postponed the appointment of a permanent festival director. A new leader may be appointed after this year’s edition in October. Pak Dosin, a former senior programmer, has been appointed as co-deputy director in a dual-leadership structure, alongside co-deputy director Kang Seung-ah. That means that this year’s festival will be […]
Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival is set to celebrate the centennial of Columbia Pictures with a retrospective featuring classic titles spawned by the Hollywood studio between the dawn of sound and the late 1950s. The Locarno retro, titled “The Lady With the Torch –– The Centenary of Columbia Pictures,” is being curated by Ehsan Khoshbakht, co-director […]
Just 48 hours after a show in San Diego and less than 24 hours before he is set to perform at San Francisco’s Chase Center, Bruce Springsteen logged some serious (private) air miles for a surprise performance at country superstar Zach Bryan’s concert at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday night.