Hallie Jackson is taking NBC’s venerable “Nightly News” to Washington D.C. for one night each week.
The NBC News senior Washington correspondent has been named the new anchor of NBC’s Sunday evening-news broadcast, taking the reins from Kate Snow. The Sunday broadcast will originate from the nation’s capital. Jackson’s first official day at the desk will be April 7. NBC News informed staffers of the decision Wednesday.
“Hallie is an exceptional journalist and an extraordinary broadcaster, representing the very best of NBC News. She is a natural fit to anchor our flagship newscast on Sundays,” said Janelle Rodriguez, NBC News’ executive vice president of programming, in a statement.
Jackson will continue her duties leading “Hallie Jackson Now,” a two-hour early-evening program offered via the live-streaming outlet NBC News Now. NBC News expanded that program from an hour after taking note of viewer reaction. And she will...
The NBC News senior Washington correspondent has been named the new anchor of NBC’s Sunday evening-news broadcast, taking the reins from Kate Snow. The Sunday broadcast will originate from the nation’s capital. Jackson’s first official day at the desk will be April 7. NBC News informed staffers of the decision Wednesday.
“Hallie is an exceptional journalist and an extraordinary broadcaster, representing the very best of NBC News. She is a natural fit to anchor our flagship newscast on Sundays,” said Janelle Rodriguez, NBC News’ executive vice president of programming, in a statement.
Jackson will continue her duties leading “Hallie Jackson Now,” a two-hour early-evening program offered via the live-streaming outlet NBC News Now. NBC News expanded that program from an hour after taking note of viewer reaction. And she will...
- 3/20/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Have you heard it’s cold in Des Moines? The subzero temperatures are making Monday’s caucuses in Iowa the coldest on record, a running theme of coverage throughout the day and into this evening. It’s not trivial, as the frigid weather may very well impact turnout.
As Iowa’s first votes of the 2024 presidential race come in, expect a lot of analysis, punditry and prediction, even if the results represent just a sliver of the primary electorate. The Hawkeye state’s primacy as the first-in-the-nation often obscures the peculiarities of the caucus system, unless there is some kind of glitch, which is what happened four years ago with the Democrats.
That said, networks see the caucuses as the kickoff of what is hoped a spike in viewer interest in the presidential contest, as was seen in 2020 and 2016. All of the broadcast networks are planning for ongoing coverage of...
As Iowa’s first votes of the 2024 presidential race come in, expect a lot of analysis, punditry and prediction, even if the results represent just a sliver of the primary electorate. The Hawkeye state’s primacy as the first-in-the-nation often obscures the peculiarities of the caucus system, unless there is some kind of glitch, which is what happened four years ago with the Democrats.
That said, networks see the caucuses as the kickoff of what is hoped a spike in viewer interest in the presidential contest, as was seen in 2020 and 2016. All of the broadcast networks are planning for ongoing coverage of...
- 1/15/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Dolly Parton stays out of politics. She’s said time and time again that she has fans on both sides and doesn’t want to offend anyone. So it makes sense that she didn’t accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from either Donald Trump or Joe Biden. However, the reason the Queen of Country didn’t accept the offer from Trump was that she was unable to make the trip, not due to politics.
Dolly Parton | Paul Natkin/Getty Images Dolly Parton declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden, too
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given to public figures who contribute “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
For both Trump and Biden, a public figure that came to mind was Dolly Parton. But after the “Coat of Many...
Dolly Parton | Paul Natkin/Getty Images Dolly Parton declined the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden, too
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is given to public figures who contribute “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
For both Trump and Biden, a public figure that came to mind was Dolly Parton. But after the “Coat of Many...
- 5/19/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Dolly Parton famously (twice!) declined an invitation to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump. It turns out she also rejected a similar overture from President Joe Biden.
The Today Show’s Jacob Soboroff recently interviewed Parton recently to promote her upcoming album Rockstar. While the singer didn’t discuss her decision not to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom on camera, Soborof told The Today Show colleagues that it stemmed from her desire not to be associated with any particular party. “I just don’t want even the appearance of being partisan in any way,” he recalled her saying.
Parton did discuss her distrust of the modern political system in general, however. After Soborof read an uncharacteristically biting lyric from Parton’s new song “World on Fire” (“Greedy politicians present and past/ They wouldn’t know the truth if it bit ’em in the ass”), he asked...
The Today Show’s Jacob Soboroff recently interviewed Parton recently to promote her upcoming album Rockstar. While the singer didn’t discuss her decision not to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom on camera, Soborof told The Today Show colleagues that it stemmed from her desire not to be associated with any particular party. “I just don’t want even the appearance of being partisan in any way,” he recalled her saying.
Parton did discuss her distrust of the modern political system in general, however. After Soborof read an uncharacteristically biting lyric from Parton’s new song “World on Fire” (“Greedy politicians present and past/ They wouldn’t know the truth if it bit ’em in the ass”), he asked...
- 5/15/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
As host of NBC’s public affairs program Meet the Press, Chuck Todd generally can’t stray far from D.C. But for part of this week, anway, he’s venturing to the other coast.
“We’re going to Hollywood,” Todd told viewers in a promo for the Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest, a showcase of “the best issue-based documentary shorts that shed light on the most consequential issues of our time.”
“This is our fifth year. This is the first time we’re bringing it to L.A.,” Todd tells Deadline, “because basically we want to expand our aperture a little bit and let people know we’re doing this.”
The event is happening in-person today, with virtual screenings accessible online. Some of the top talent at NBC News is participating. According to a release, “NBC News correspondents and anchors, including Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff,...
“We’re going to Hollywood,” Todd told viewers in a promo for the Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest, a showcase of “the best issue-based documentary shorts that shed light on the most consequential issues of our time.”
“This is our fifth year. This is the first time we’re bringing it to L.A.,” Todd tells Deadline, “because basically we want to expand our aperture a little bit and let people know we’re doing this.”
The event is happening in-person today, with virtual screenings accessible online. Some of the top talent at NBC News is participating. According to a release, “NBC News correspondents and anchors, including Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC News’ Meet the Press Film Festival will move to Los Angeles this year and will be part of the AFI Fest next month.
The Nov. 11 event, a showcase for documentary shorts, will include in-person and online screenings. It’s previously taken place in Washington, D.C., where the network’s Meet the Press is based. On Nov. 11, NBC News Now will stream a special edition of Meet the Press Reports with a look at the films featured in the festival, the the program will be available on demand on Peacock.
Among those moderating the panels will be Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff, Shaq Brewster, Ali Vitali and Morgan Radford.
The line up this year will feature more than 15 documentary shorts, with themes including the search for belonging, America as a land of promises, defending democracy, the country’s racial past and the trauma of war. (The complete line...
The Nov. 11 event, a showcase for documentary shorts, will include in-person and online screenings. It’s previously taken place in Washington, D.C., where the network’s Meet the Press is based. On Nov. 11, NBC News Now will stream a special edition of Meet the Press Reports with a look at the films featured in the festival, the the program will be available on demand on Peacock.
Among those moderating the panels will be Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff, Shaq Brewster, Ali Vitali and Morgan Radford.
The line up this year will feature more than 15 documentary shorts, with themes including the search for belonging, America as a land of promises, defending democracy, the country’s racial past and the trauma of war. (The complete line...
- 10/14/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As California’s gubernatorial recall election inches closer to an end, the hosts of “The View” are lamenting that yet another election is facing voter fraud claims. In fact, Republican guest host Mary Katharine Ham is worried about the long-term fallout.
On Monday, Larry Elder, the GOP hopeful striving to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom, refused to commit to accepting the results of the election when asked by MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff. Soboroff stated the question explicitly and repeatedly, saying “Whether or not you win or lose, will you accept the results of the election?”
“I think we all ought to be looking at election integrity. No matter whether you’re a Democrat, independent or a Republican,” Elder replied, also repeatedly. “Let’s all make sure that the election is a fair election. So let’s all work together, no matter what the results are, to make sure that the results are valid and legitimate.
On Monday, Larry Elder, the GOP hopeful striving to unseat Gov. Gavin Newsom, refused to commit to accepting the results of the election when asked by MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff. Soboroff stated the question explicitly and repeatedly, saying “Whether or not you win or lose, will you accept the results of the election?”
“I think we all ought to be looking at election integrity. No matter whether you’re a Democrat, independent or a Republican,” Elder replied, also repeatedly. “Let’s all make sure that the election is a fair election. So let’s all work together, no matter what the results are, to make sure that the results are valid and legitimate.
- 9/14/2021
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Lester Holt will anchor NBC Nightly News on Monday from Houston as the network covers the climate crisis with a series of reports throughout the week, dubbed “climate challenge.”
Holt will interview Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in the wake of the brutal storms and deep freeze the paralyzed parts of the city earlier this year. He’ll also speak to a local family whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey and suffered during the deep freeze in February.
Other highlights: Al Roker will interview Epa administrator Michael Regan for Today on Monday and, on Earth Day April 22, NBC News Now’s Meet the Press Reports will focus on the broken water infrastructure system. Steve Patterson, Vicky Nguyen, Sarah Harman, Josh Lederman, Richard Engel, Hallie Jackson, Jacob Soboroff, Jacob Ward, Denise Chow, Andrew McCormick, Safia Ali and Savannah Sellers.
The reports will air on MSNBC, NBCNews.com and NBC News Now.
Holt will interview Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in the wake of the brutal storms and deep freeze the paralyzed parts of the city earlier this year. He’ll also speak to a local family whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey and suffered during the deep freeze in February.
Other highlights: Al Roker will interview Epa administrator Michael Regan for Today on Monday and, on Earth Day April 22, NBC News Now’s Meet the Press Reports will focus on the broken water infrastructure system. Steve Patterson, Vicky Nguyen, Sarah Harman, Josh Lederman, Richard Engel, Hallie Jackson, Jacob Soboroff, Jacob Ward, Denise Chow, Andrew McCormick, Safia Ali and Savannah Sellers.
The reports will air on MSNBC, NBCNews.com and NBC News Now.
- 4/16/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Biden is facing the media in his first press conference as President of the United States on Thursday, with the remarks set to begin at 1:15 p.m. Et/10:15 a.m. Pt — meaning the broadcast networks will be breaking in to their regularly scheduled lineups to cover it. Below is a guide on how to watch the event.
Donald Trump was 27 days into his presidency when he held his first press conference. Barack Obama did so at just 20 days. George W. Bush waited 33 days before taking questions in a formally. For Biden, it’s been more than two months, prompting ongoing questions about the delay.
The president has plenty to discuss. He surely will seek to play up the fulfillment of his pledge to administer 100 million doses of vaccine in his first 100 days, which he accomplished 42 days early. Then there is the massive $1.9 trillion relief package he signed...
Donald Trump was 27 days into his presidency when he held his first press conference. Barack Obama did so at just 20 days. George W. Bush waited 33 days before taking questions in a formally. For Biden, it’s been more than two months, prompting ongoing questions about the delay.
The president has plenty to discuss. He surely will seek to play up the fulfillment of his pledge to administer 100 million doses of vaccine in his first 100 days, which he accomplished 42 days early. Then there is the massive $1.9 trillion relief package he signed...
- 3/25/2021
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to allow for media access to border facilities and will release details in the coming days, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday, amid criticism over the ability of reporters and photographers to gain entry to facilities housing a surge in migrant children.
“First of all, we are working to finalize details, and I hope to have an update in the coming days,” Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing. “We are working through with the Department of Health and Human Services, and also the Department of Homeland Security to ensure privacy and to ensure that we are following Covid protocols. We remain committed to transparency, and of course as I noted last week, we certainly want to make sure the media has access to this sites.”
The issue of media access has drawn attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
“First of all, we are working to finalize details, and I hope to have an update in the coming days,” Psaki told reporters at the White House press briefing. “We are working through with the Department of Health and Human Services, and also the Department of Homeland Security to ensure privacy and to ensure that we are following Covid protocols. We remain committed to transparency, and of course as I noted last week, we certainly want to make sure the media has access to this sites.”
The issue of media access has drawn attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
- 3/22/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with reactions: Al Roker of NBC’s Today said that he will have surgery next week after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
“It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said on Today on Friday. “Good news is we caught it early. Not great news is that it’s a little aggressive, so I’m going to be taking some time off to take care of this.”
Watch him make the announcement and talk about his diagnosis above.
Roker said that the surgery will be to have his prostate removed. He said that he went public with his diagnosis to raise awareness of the risk for men and the need for them to be checked.
The doctor who will perform the surgery, Vincent Laudone, said on the show that “fortunately his cancer appears somewhat limited or confined to the prostate, but because it’s more aggressive,...
“It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said on Today on Friday. “Good news is we caught it early. Not great news is that it’s a little aggressive, so I’m going to be taking some time off to take care of this.”
Watch him make the announcement and talk about his diagnosis above.
Roker said that the surgery will be to have his prostate removed. He said that he went public with his diagnosis to raise awareness of the risk for men and the need for them to be checked.
The doctor who will perform the surgery, Vincent Laudone, said on the show that “fortunately his cancer appears somewhat limited or confined to the prostate, but because it’s more aggressive,...
- 11/6/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC News’ Al Roker revealed Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
“After a routine check-up in September, turns out I have prostate cancer. It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing. The good news is we caught it early. Not great news is that it’s a little aggressive so I’m going to be taking some time off to take care of this,” the longtime meteorologist said on “Today” Friday.
He will have surgery next week to remove his prostate.
Roker said he wanted to “go public” with his diagnosis because the disease is treatable and “we can all learn together how to educate and protect the men in our lives.”
Roker said prostate cancer is more common than people realize.
“One in nine men are going to be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime,” he told his colleagues and viewers. “But for African-American men,...
“After a routine check-up in September, turns out I have prostate cancer. It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing. The good news is we caught it early. Not great news is that it’s a little aggressive so I’m going to be taking some time off to take care of this,” the longtime meteorologist said on “Today” Friday.
He will have surgery next week to remove his prostate.
Roker said he wanted to “go public” with his diagnosis because the disease is treatable and “we can all learn together how to educate and protect the men in our lives.”
Roker said prostate cancer is more common than people realize.
“One in nine men are going to be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime,” he told his colleagues and viewers. “But for African-American men,...
- 11/6/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Joe Biden urged patience during the ongoing vote count that will decide the 2020 presidential race, amid concerns over unrest when a winner ultimately is called.
“Democracy is sometimes messy, so sometimes it requires a little patience,” Biden told reporters in Wilmington, De. “But that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years with a system of governance that has been the envy of the world.”
There have been some protests in cities across the country, including pro-Trump supporters who chanted “count the votes” outside a Maricopa County, Az vote counting facility on Wednesday. That was the opposite message of pro-Trump protesters in Michigan, where earlier in the day they chanted “stop the count” at a ballot tabulation center in Detroit.
Biden said in his remarks that the campaign continues to “feel very good about where things stand. And we have no doubt that when the count is finished, Senator...
“Democracy is sometimes messy, so sometimes it requires a little patience,” Biden told reporters in Wilmington, De. “But that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years with a system of governance that has been the envy of the world.”
There have been some protests in cities across the country, including pro-Trump supporters who chanted “count the votes” outside a Maricopa County, Az vote counting facility on Wednesday. That was the opposite message of pro-Trump protesters in Michigan, where earlier in the day they chanted “stop the count” at a ballot tabulation center in Detroit.
Biden said in his remarks that the campaign continues to “feel very good about where things stand. And we have no doubt that when the count is finished, Senator...
- 11/5/2020
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix has announced the premiere date for “Social Distance,” and Showtime has revealed the premiere date for “Moonbase 8.”
Renewals
Shaftesbury announced “Departure” has been renewed for a second season and started production in Toronto, ahead of the first season launching on Peacock in the U.S. Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer will return to lead the show, joined by Kris Holden-Ried, Mark Rendall, Jason O’Mara, Karen Leblanc, Kelly McCormack, Wendy Crewson, Dion Johnstone and Donal Logue. The show is co-produced by Shaftesbury and Deadpan Pictures in association with Corus Entertainment, Starlings Television and Red Arrow Studios International.
Dates
Showtime announced “Moonbase 8,” starring Tim Heidecker and John C. Reilly, will premiere Nov. 8 at 11 p.m. The sci-fi comedy follows astronauts who train to qualify for their first lunar mission. But their plans change when a series of events forces the astronauts to question their mental sanity.
Renewals
Shaftesbury announced “Departure” has been renewed for a second season and started production in Toronto, ahead of the first season launching on Peacock in the U.S. Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer will return to lead the show, joined by Kris Holden-Ried, Mark Rendall, Jason O’Mara, Karen Leblanc, Kelly McCormack, Wendy Crewson, Dion Johnstone and Donal Logue. The show is co-produced by Shaftesbury and Deadpan Pictures in association with Corus Entertainment, Starlings Television and Red Arrow Studios International.
Dates
Showtime announced “Moonbase 8,” starring Tim Heidecker and John C. Reilly, will premiere Nov. 8 at 11 p.m. The sci-fi comedy follows astronauts who train to qualify for their first lunar mission. But their plans change when a series of events forces the astronauts to question their mental sanity.
- 9/15/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
NBC News is winding down Peacock Productions, an in-house unscripted production unit that has had a hand over the years in everything from true-crime serials to one of daredevil Nik Wallenda’s high-wire walks.
“NBC News is shuttering Peacock Productions, effective March 2. NBC News is shifting its documentary strategy to an entirely new model, consistent with industry trends, and unfortunately the existing operation is no longer viable,” NBC News said in a statement provided to Variety. “We are working with affected employees to help find positions around NBC Universal.”
Approximately 32 people who work for Peacock Productions or MSNBC’s long-form unit will be affected, according to a person familiar with the matter. The staffers were notified Friday.
Some of the employees may find new roles in other NBC News businesses, this person says, including NBC News Now, the unit’s live-streaming operation, or two daily newscasts that NBC News has agreed to produce for Quibi,...
“NBC News is shuttering Peacock Productions, effective March 2. NBC News is shifting its documentary strategy to an entirely new model, consistent with industry trends, and unfortunately the existing operation is no longer viable,” NBC News said in a statement provided to Variety. “We are working with affected employees to help find positions around NBC Universal.”
Approximately 32 people who work for Peacock Productions or MSNBC’s long-form unit will be affected, according to a person familiar with the matter. The staffers were notified Friday.
Some of the employees may find new roles in other NBC News businesses, this person says, including NBC News Now, the unit’s live-streaming operation, or two daily newscasts that NBC News has agreed to produce for Quibi,...
- 1/10/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
‘Bob Hearts Abishola’s’ Gina Yashere on Trump Administration Rhetoric: ‘It’s Helped With Television’
During a presidency in which Ice raids are the largest they have been in a decade (one from August resulted in almost 700 arrests), television writers are fighting back by telling more specific immigration stories in their series.
During the Television Academy’s “Immigration on Television: Stories From America” panel held Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif., “Bob Hearts Abishola” actor, producer and writer Gina Yashere expressed her feeling that the Trump administration’s polarizing stance on immigration has actually “helped with television.
“Because of the horrible rhetoric that is coming out of what is supposed to be the highest office in the land, that has made people much more open to other stories now. The Trump thing has been horrible, but it has also been great in that way,” she said.
Yashere joined Melinna Bobadilla (“Orange is the New Black”), “The Conners” showrunner and executive producer Bruce Helford, “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Superstore” actor Nico Santos,...
During the Television Academy’s “Immigration on Television: Stories From America” panel held Tuesday in Los Angeles, Calif., “Bob Hearts Abishola” actor, producer and writer Gina Yashere expressed her feeling that the Trump administration’s polarizing stance on immigration has actually “helped with television.
“Because of the horrible rhetoric that is coming out of what is supposed to be the highest office in the land, that has made people much more open to other stories now. The Trump thing has been horrible, but it has also been great in that way,” she said.
Yashere joined Melinna Bobadilla (“Orange is the New Black”), “The Conners” showrunner and executive producer Bruce Helford, “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Superstore” actor Nico Santos,...
- 11/20/2019
- by Lorraine Wheat
- Variety Film + TV
Meet the Press and the American Film Institute are staging their annual film festival in Washington on Sunday and Monday, a showcase of documentary shorts touching on issues like climate change, education, and immigration.
But it is taking place as D.C.’s attention, quite obviously, is riveted on something else: the impeachment inquiry and President Donald Trump’s response to it, a fast-moving crisis that is dominating just about every moment on the news channels.
On Thursday, after Trump publicly urged Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Chuck Todd opened Meet the Press Daily by telling viewers that “a national nightmare is upon us,” and that the “basic rules of democracy are under attack from the President.”
Todd said that this type of moment, with an all-dominant story consuming media attention, is “the exact reason” why a film festival makes so much sense for the Meet the Press brand.
But it is taking place as D.C.’s attention, quite obviously, is riveted on something else: the impeachment inquiry and President Donald Trump’s response to it, a fast-moving crisis that is dominating just about every moment on the news channels.
On Thursday, after Trump publicly urged Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Chuck Todd opened Meet the Press Daily by telling viewers that “a national nightmare is upon us,” and that the “basic rules of democracy are under attack from the President.”
Todd said that this type of moment, with an all-dominant story consuming media attention, is “the exact reason” why a film festival makes so much sense for the Meet the Press brand.
- 10/4/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Malcolm D. Lee is developing an action comedy, a Steve McQueen biopic is in the works and the Meet the Press Film Festival is set for Oct. 7.
Project Launches
“Girls Trip” director-producer Malcolm D. Lee is developing the action comedy “The Spoils” for Lionsgate to produce through his Blackmaled Productions.
The studio has hired Roshan Sethi and Hayley Schore to write the script, which centers on a group of immigrants who decide to recover stolen artifacts from a museum in London. Sethi and Schore wrote “The Resident” for Fox and “Code Black” for TBS.
Lee’s directing credits include “Night School,” “Barbershop: The Next Cut” and “The Best Man Holiday,” which he also produced. He’s currently shooting “Space Jam 2.”
Lee is repped by Paradigm and Del, Shaw, Moonves; Sethi and Schore are repped by Lit Entertainment and The Nord Group. The news was first reported by Deadline.
Project Launches
“Girls Trip” director-producer Malcolm D. Lee is developing the action comedy “The Spoils” for Lionsgate to produce through his Blackmaled Productions.
The studio has hired Roshan Sethi and Hayley Schore to write the script, which centers on a group of immigrants who decide to recover stolen artifacts from a museum in London. Sethi and Schore wrote “The Resident” for Fox and “Code Black” for TBS.
Lee’s directing credits include “Night School,” “Barbershop: The Next Cut” and “The Best Man Holiday,” which he also produced. He’s currently shooting “Space Jam 2.”
Lee is repped by Paradigm and Del, Shaw, Moonves; Sethi and Schore are repped by Lit Entertainment and The Nord Group. The news was first reported by Deadline.
- 9/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
NBC News’ Meet the Press and the American Film Institute will highlight topics such as criminal justice reform, climate change, immigration and racial and gender equality at the Meet the Press Film Festival in Washington on Oct. 7.
The event started in 2017 as a way to extend the Meet the Press brand by showcasing documentary shorts. Meet the Press host Chuck Todd will moderate panels tied to the event, along with NBC News and MSNBC personalities Andrea Mitchell, Hallie Jackson, Katy Tur, Jacob Soboroff, Morgan Radford and Kristen Welker.
The event, to be held at the Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema in Washington, will split up the documentary shorts into eight themed segments.
For example, a “Justice for All” track will include projects that spotlight criminal justice reform. The projects include St. Louis Superman, about Bruce Franks Jr., a rapper and state representative from St. Louis, Mo.; Church of Safe Injection, about a church volunteer in Lewiston,...
The event started in 2017 as a way to extend the Meet the Press brand by showcasing documentary shorts. Meet the Press host Chuck Todd will moderate panels tied to the event, along with NBC News and MSNBC personalities Andrea Mitchell, Hallie Jackson, Katy Tur, Jacob Soboroff, Morgan Radford and Kristen Welker.
The event, to be held at the Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema in Washington, will split up the documentary shorts into eight themed segments.
For example, a “Justice for All” track will include projects that spotlight criminal justice reform. The projects include St. Louis Superman, about Bruce Franks Jr., a rapper and state representative from St. Louis, Mo.; Church of Safe Injection, about a church volunteer in Lewiston,...
- 9/9/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
International advocacy organization Global Citizen has announced that Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G, Dakota Johnson, Becky Lynch, Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Kal Penn, Erin Richards, Seth Rollins, Savannah Sellers, David Gray, and Nct 127 will join the 2019 Global Citizen Festival, a free-ticketed event on Saturday, September 28th in Central Park in New York City, presented by Citi and Cisco.
Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G, Dakota Johnson, Becky Lynch, Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Kal Penn, Erin Richards, Seth Rollins and Savannah Sellers will serve as co-hosts of the Festival, joining the previously announced co-hosts Matt Bomer, Rachel Brosnahan, Elvis Duran, Taraji P. Henson, Rami Malek, Bill Nye, Joy Reid, and Forest Whitaker. Deborra-lee Furness and Hugh Jackman will return as hosts.
David Gray and NCT127 will perform at the Festival alongside headliners Queen + Adam Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, OneRepublic, H.E.R., and Carole King, along with special guests French Montana,...
Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Becky G, Dakota Johnson, Becky Lynch, Aasif Mandvi, Bridget Moynahan, Kal Penn, Erin Richards, Seth Rollins and Savannah Sellers will serve as co-hosts of the Festival, joining the previously announced co-hosts Matt Bomer, Rachel Brosnahan, Elvis Duran, Taraji P. Henson, Rami Malek, Bill Nye, Joy Reid, and Forest Whitaker. Deborra-lee Furness and Hugh Jackman will return as hosts.
David Gray and NCT127 will perform at the Festival alongside headliners Queen + Adam Lambert, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Keys, OneRepublic, H.E.R., and Carole King, along with special guests French Montana,...
- 8/30/2019
- Look to the Stars
Katy Tur and Jacob Soboroff have been talking to each other since they were teenagers growing up around Los Angeles. Now MSNBC audiences will get to see them discuss what are likely to be much more serious subjects.
The two NBC News journalists will lead the new four-part MSNBC documentary series “American Swamp,” which launches Sunday, July 28 at 9 p.m. Each week, the duo will travel across the United States and examine areas of political dysfunction. In the first broadcast, Tur and Soboroff journey to Arizona and Montana to look at how big money influences local elections. In another, they examine who has influence at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida club controlled by President Donald Trump.
The series is produced by NBC News’ Peacock Productions.
Regular viewers of TV-news documentaries might be surprised by the “Swamp” format, which often features Soboroff and Tur talking to each other on camera, rather than hewing...
The two NBC News journalists will lead the new four-part MSNBC documentary series “American Swamp,” which launches Sunday, July 28 at 9 p.m. Each week, the duo will travel across the United States and examine areas of political dysfunction. In the first broadcast, Tur and Soboroff journey to Arizona and Montana to look at how big money influences local elections. In another, they examine who has influence at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida club controlled by President Donald Trump.
The series is produced by NBC News’ Peacock Productions.
Regular viewers of TV-news documentaries might be surprised by the “Swamp” format, which often features Soboroff and Tur talking to each other on camera, rather than hewing...
- 7/16/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Update: President Trump on Friday confirmed the Washington Post‘s reporting, tweeting that the administration is currently giving “strong considerations” to transporting detained migrants to sanctuary cities, a proposal Immigration and Customs Enforcement has already rejected twice.
….The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy – so this should make them very happy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019
Original post below.
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President Trump’s supporters have tried to own the libs by destroying their own property. President Trump has tried to do it by destroying America’s reputation,...
….The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy – so this should make them very happy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019
Original post below.
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President Trump’s supporters have tried to own the libs by destroying their own property. President Trump has tried to do it by destroying America’s reputation,...
- 4/12/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Just before NBC News confirmed it was canceling Megyn Kelly Today, Jenna Bush Hager opened up to E! News about her reaction to Megyn Kelly's blackface comments. As viewers will recall, Kelly came under fire earlier this week after she hosted a panel discussion on Today and questioned why it was inappropriate for white people to dress up in blackface on Halloween. "But what is racist? Because…you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface on Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween," Kelly said during her discussion with Hager, Melissa Rivers, and Jacob Soboroff. "Back when I was a kid, that was Ok as long as you...
- 10/26/2018
- E! Online
Going forward, the 9 a.m. hour of NBC’s “Today” is likely to be more about the show than the anchors who host it.
With Megyn Kelly in discussions with NBC about her future at the network, media-buying executives say they expect the Peacock to return the third hour of its morning franchise to a more traditional format. Gone is “Megyn Kelly Today,” and in its place, well, “Today,” the TV brand that has been associated with morning TV since the middle of January in 1952. One ad buying executive suggested NBC could make an announcement in the near future regarding talent for the hour and indicated the network would likely position the move as “a host change within the ‘Today Show’ line-up” rather than a cancellation of Kelly’s program.
“’Megyn Kelly Today’ is not returning,” NBC said Friday. “Next week, the 9 a.m. hour will be hosted by other ‘Today’ co-anchors.
With Megyn Kelly in discussions with NBC about her future at the network, media-buying executives say they expect the Peacock to return the third hour of its morning franchise to a more traditional format. Gone is “Megyn Kelly Today,” and in its place, well, “Today,” the TV brand that has been associated with morning TV since the middle of January in 1952. One ad buying executive suggested NBC could make an announcement in the near future regarding talent for the hour and indicated the network would likely position the move as “a host change within the ‘Today Show’ line-up” rather than a cancellation of Kelly’s program.
“’Megyn Kelly Today’ is not returning,” NBC said Friday. “Next week, the 9 a.m. hour will be hosted by other ‘Today’ co-anchors.
- 10/26/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Since joining NBC News in the Spring of 2017, Megyn Kelly has soldiered on at her morning program, “Megyn Kelly Today,” through various social-media controversies; a feud with actress Jane Fonda; scrutiny of her ratings, her guests, her dancing, her everything. Her hard work has been testament to her ability to take a punch and keep working to build an audience.
Now there’s some question about whether Kelly can keep marching.
The Tuesday broadcast of “Megyn Kelly Today” has spurred sentiments of disappointment from media buyers, the executives who allocate billions of dollars of advertising to media properties on behalf of Madison Avenue. Kelly blundered yesterday during a panel discussion on her 9 a.m. program when she made some remarks about dressing up in blackface or whiteface for Halloween. “What is racist?” she asked a panel that included Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. “You do get in...
Now there’s some question about whether Kelly can keep marching.
The Tuesday broadcast of “Megyn Kelly Today” has spurred sentiments of disappointment from media buyers, the executives who allocate billions of dollars of advertising to media properties on behalf of Madison Avenue. Kelly blundered yesterday during a panel discussion on her 9 a.m. program when she made some remarks about dressing up in blackface or whiteface for Halloween. “What is racist?” she asked a panel that included Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. “You do get in...
- 10/24/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Megyn Kelly hasn’t been shy about turning recent controversies at NBC News into fodder for her morning program at the network. Now NBC News is doing much the same with a blunder she made on her show Tuesday.
Both “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” have aired segments examining statements Kelly made Tuesday on her 9 a.m. program, “Megyn Kelly Today,” about dressing up in blackface or whiteface for Halloween. “What is racist?” she asked a panel that included Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. “You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character.”
A visibly emotional Kelly opened her broadcast Wednesday with an apology. “I want to open with two words: I’m sorry.
Both “NBC Nightly News” and “Today” have aired segments examining statements Kelly made Tuesday on her 9 a.m. program, “Megyn Kelly Today,” about dressing up in blackface or whiteface for Halloween. “What is racist?” she asked a panel that included Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. “You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character.”
A visibly emotional Kelly opened her broadcast Wednesday with an apology. “I want to open with two words: I’m sorry.
- 10/24/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Hours after Megyn Kelly complained on her Today show hour about a PC-police Halloween costume crackdown preventing the donning of blackface for Halloween, she sent a note of apology to NBC colleagues.
“Today is one of those days where listening carefully to other points of view, including from friends and colleagues, is leading me to rethink my own views,” she said, previously having missed this decades-old conversation. Kelly said she realizes “now” that it is “indeed wrong,” adding her revelation that “the history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent, the wounds too deep.”
During discussion on her program this morning, seated with an all-white panel, the former Fox News Channel primetime star who famously insisted Santa Claus must be white decided blackface Halloween costumes was a cause worth falling on her sword for.
“What is racist?” Kelly asked her panel of guests Jenna Bush Hager, MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers.
“Today is one of those days where listening carefully to other points of view, including from friends and colleagues, is leading me to rethink my own views,” she said, previously having missed this decades-old conversation. Kelly said she realizes “now” that it is “indeed wrong,” adding her revelation that “the history of blackface in our culture is abhorrent, the wounds too deep.”
During discussion on her program this morning, seated with an all-white panel, the former Fox News Channel primetime star who famously insisted Santa Claus must be white decided blackface Halloween costumes was a cause worth falling on her sword for.
“What is racist?” Kelly asked her panel of guests Jenna Bush Hager, MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers.
- 10/23/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Refresh for updates During a Megyn Kelly Today discussion this morning about offensive Halloween costumes and blackface during trick or treat season – and if the mental alarm bells weren’t already going off, they should have been – the host who once insisted Santa Claus is white dug herself a Halloween social media grave.
“What is racist?” Kelly asked her panel of guests Jenna Bush Hager, MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. The quartet were discussing campus attempts to discourage “inappropriate and offensive costumes” during Halloween season when Kelly explained, “You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween.”
“Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character,” Kelly said.
To make her point, Kelly recalled the Real Housewives controversy when Luann...
“What is racist?” Kelly asked her panel of guests Jenna Bush Hager, MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. The quartet were discussing campus attempts to discourage “inappropriate and offensive costumes” during Halloween season when Kelly explained, “You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween.”
“Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character,” Kelly said.
To make her point, Kelly recalled the Real Housewives controversy when Luann...
- 10/23/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Megyn Kelly sparked social-media backlash Monday in a discussion on her “Megyn Kelly Today” about Halloween celebrants wearing black or white face makeup.
Kelly wondered aloud during a conversation about universities putting pressure on students not to wear costumes that might be deemed offensive. “What is racist?” she asked a panel that included Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. “You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character.”
Kelly suggested that some people who get in costume are simply trying to get into character, as in a case she cited the example of Luann deLesseps, who once generated debate by going as Diana Ross for Halloween. “There was a controversy on...
Kelly wondered aloud during a conversation about universities putting pressure on students not to wear costumes that might be deemed offensive. “What is racist?” she asked a panel that included Jenna Bush Hager, Jacob Soboroff and Melissa Rivers. “You do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface for Halloween, or a black person who puts on whiteface for Halloween. Back when I was a kid, that was okay just as long as you were dressing as a character.”
Kelly suggested that some people who get in costume are simply trying to get into character, as in a case she cited the example of Luann deLesseps, who once generated debate by going as Diana Ross for Halloween. “There was a controversy on...
- 10/23/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Chuck Todd is about to host Meet The Press’s second Mtp FIlm Festival as the Senate is about to formally confirm wildly controversial Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Held in Washington, D.C. this Sunday and Monday, the sold-out documentary film festival, which Mtp is presenting with AFI, will screen short political documentaries from HBO, Netflix, The New York Times and other filmmakers, selected by Todd and his staff, that speak to topics on voters’ minds with the midterm election just weeks away. To that point, this year’s fest was moved up from last year’s mid-November date.
NBC News correspondents and anchors joining Todd to moderate Q&A’s that follow: Andrea Mitchell, Craig Melvin, Jacob Soboroff, Hallie Jackson, Kasie Hunt, Kristen Welker and Harry Smith.
As with last year, the documentaries are short form, ranging from 20-40 minutes, a concept Todd says he “stumbled into...
Held in Washington, D.C. this Sunday and Monday, the sold-out documentary film festival, which Mtp is presenting with AFI, will screen short political documentaries from HBO, Netflix, The New York Times and other filmmakers, selected by Todd and his staff, that speak to topics on voters’ minds with the midterm election just weeks away. To that point, this year’s fest was moved up from last year’s mid-November date.
NBC News correspondents and anchors joining Todd to moderate Q&A’s that follow: Andrea Mitchell, Craig Melvin, Jacob Soboroff, Hallie Jackson, Kasie Hunt, Kristen Welker and Harry Smith.
As with last year, the documentaries are short form, ranging from 20-40 minutes, a concept Todd says he “stumbled into...
- 10/6/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — Michelle Wolf’s monologue at the White House Correspondents Association dinner dominated the headlines coming out of the evening — even if it was a mere sliver of the four-hour event and only a moment in what is traditionally D.C.’s most social weekend.
The surreal aspect is usually the mix of newsmakers on opposite ends of the political spectrum or at odds in other ways — Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ attorney, was at the annual Garden Brunch on Saturday along with Kellyanne Conway.
Hollywood had a presence, although it was much more muted than in previous years. At Hamilton Live, Kevin Bacon and The Bacon Brothers at one point played “Footloose,” as they were the headliners to a series of journalist-bands, including Lester Holt and the Rough Cuts.
Some of the other events:
Bytes and Bylines (Thursday): One of the first events of the weekend, held at the...
The surreal aspect is usually the mix of newsmakers on opposite ends of the political spectrum or at odds in other ways — Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ attorney, was at the annual Garden Brunch on Saturday along with Kellyanne Conway.
Hollywood had a presence, although it was much more muted than in previous years. At Hamilton Live, Kevin Bacon and The Bacon Brothers at one point played “Footloose,” as they were the headliners to a series of journalist-bands, including Lester Holt and the Rough Cuts.
Some of the other events:
Bytes and Bylines (Thursday): One of the first events of the weekend, held at the...
- 4/29/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rogers & Cowan has tapped Rob Greenwald as Vice President on their talent team, and he’ll be spearheading a new comedy division at the public relations firm as well as work with their sports and talent clientele.
Greenwald, a former Forefront Media executive of six years who rose through the ranks to Vice President, works with two-time Primetime Emmy winner Tony Hale from HBO’s Veep, as well as Jim Gaffigan and Rob Riggle, who respectively recently starred in Chappaquiddick and Midnight Sun. Greenwald just signed queer luminary comedienne Cameron Esposito whose credits includes the comedy series Take My Wife, Maron and features The Hero and Mother’s Day.
In addition to Hale, Gaffigan and Riggle following Greenwald to R&C, other clients doing so are Reno 911! co-creator/star and feature screenwriter Thomas Lennon, as well as Haley Joel Osment, Jeannie Gaffigan, Reggie Watts, I Mom So Hard (Kristin Hensley...
Greenwald, a former Forefront Media executive of six years who rose through the ranks to Vice President, works with two-time Primetime Emmy winner Tony Hale from HBO’s Veep, as well as Jim Gaffigan and Rob Riggle, who respectively recently starred in Chappaquiddick and Midnight Sun. Greenwald just signed queer luminary comedienne Cameron Esposito whose credits includes the comedy series Take My Wife, Maron and features The Hero and Mother’s Day.
In addition to Hale, Gaffigan and Riggle following Greenwald to R&C, other clients doing so are Reno 911! co-creator/star and feature screenwriter Thomas Lennon, as well as Haley Joel Osment, Jeannie Gaffigan, Reggie Watts, I Mom So Hard (Kristin Hensley...
- 4/3/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hoda Kotb is officially Today’s new co-anchor, and her celebrity friends and fans couldn’t be more thrilled.
On Tuesday, NBC announced that the 53-year-old veteran journalist — who has been filling in for ousted anchor Matt Lauer after he was fired for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior in November — is taking the seat alongside Savannah Guthrie permanently.
The move was met with cheer from stars like Chelsea Clinton, Andy Cohen and Mindy Kaling, who shared their support on Twitter. “Congratulations @hodakotb!” Clinton and Cohen wrote, with Kaling echoing the statement and adding, “Looking forward to you lighting up my morning in a brand new way.
On Tuesday, NBC announced that the 53-year-old veteran journalist — who has been filling in for ousted anchor Matt Lauer after he was fired for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior in November — is taking the seat alongside Savannah Guthrie permanently.
The move was met with cheer from stars like Chelsea Clinton, Andy Cohen and Mindy Kaling, who shared their support on Twitter. “Congratulations @hodakotb!” Clinton and Cohen wrote, with Kaling echoing the statement and adding, “Looking forward to you lighting up my morning in a brand new way.
- 1/2/2018
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski accused President Donald Trump of lying to supporters during a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday night. “It’s so uncomfortable to see a president… lies, after lies, after lies from the president of the Unites States,” Brzezinski said on Thursday’s show. The MSNBC personality, who was without fiancé and co-host Joe Scarborough on Thursday, said that Trump “made a lot of claims and told a lot of lies” during his trip to Iowa. Also Read: MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff Brings 'Sense of Urgency' to Opioid Crisis The morning show played a clip of...
- 6/22/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff has a new three-part series on the opioid crisis in America — one he calls the most important story he’s ever told. “When you look at the statistics and see that more people are dying from overdoses now than HIV, gun deaths and car crashes at their peak years, it’s just startling,” Soboroff told TheWrap. “To know that policy can effect change and literally save tens of thousands of lives, you know there is a sense of urgency that we’re trying to bring to the reporting.” Soboroff’s reporting for “One Nation, Over Dosed” took him to Montgomery County,...
- 6/20/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Brian Williams is sorry. In his return to primetime TV, anchoring MSNBC’s Iowa caucuses coverage, the former “NBC Nightly News” anchor had to apologize after a young, impassioned Iowa voter yelled on-camera that the Veterans Administration is “f—ed up.” “We apologize,” Williams said on behalf of himself, MSNBC and reporter Jacob Soboroff, who was in a gym watching the exchange between the woman and Sanders supporters who were trying to get her to join them. Also Read: Iowa Caucuses: Who Do You Think Will Win? (Poll) The Sanders supporters stressed that their candidate would help veterans, to which the woman said she was.
- 2/2/2016
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Baratunde Thurston, CEO and co-founder of Cultivated Wit, is joining Participant Media's TV network Pivot as co-host of “TakePart Live.” The comedian, who has been a regular guest co-host on the show, will join Meghan McCain and Jacob Soboroff on the nightly news program, which is produced by Embassy Row (“Watch What Happens Live”). Thurston (pictured above, right) is the author of 2012 New York Times bestseller, “How To Be Black” (Harper Collins). Thurston also served as the politics editor and director of digital for The Onion from 2007 until 2012. Prior to joining The Onion, Thurston co-founded the popular website Jack & Jill.
- 10/8/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Pivot will air the Stanley Tucci drama “Fortitude” in a new deal with Britain's Sky Vision, and will debut a revamped “TakePart Live” on May 12, the network announced Wednesday. “TakePart Live” hosts Meghan McCain and Jacob Soboroff will be joined by Eddie Huang, star of Vice's “Fresh Off the Boat.” Embassy Row will produce the new version of the show, which debuted last year. Also read: Pivot's Evan Shapiro: The TV Exec Who Wants to Slow Down America “Fortitude,” an original series that also stars Michael Gambon and Christopher Eccleston, will air on Pivot in an exclusive U.S.
- 4/16/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Participant Media‘s network Pivot today announced the pickup of Sky Atlantic’s 12-episode drama series Fortitude starring Stanley Tucci and Michael Gambon. The series became available in the U.S. in December when Starz, which originally had committed to the project, pulled out. Pivot is designed as a younger skewing network than Starz, with its target demo being 18-34. As part of its upfront presentation, Pivot also announced an overhaul of its nightly topical series, TakePart Live. Beginning Monday, May 12, the hour-long late-night program will move to primetime (10 Pm) with a new producer, Michael Davies’ Embassy Row, which is behind Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live and AMC’s Talking Dead/Bad. Also undergoing makeover is the hosting team of Jacob Soboroff and Cara Santa Maria, with only Soboroff coming back, joined by Sen. John McCain’s daughter Meghan McCain and comedian Eddie Huang. Pivot also unveiled a development...
- 4/16/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
News and notes from across the TV spectrum:
- The series premiere of "True Detective" and the season premiere of "Girls" delivered solid ratings Sunday night (Jan. 12). "True Detective" delivered 2.3 million viewers for its premiere, which was HBO's best since "Boardwalk Empire" in 2010. ("Game of Thrones" debuted to 2.2 million people in 2011.) "Girls," meanwhile, brought in 1.1 million people for the first of its two episodes, a first-run high for the show. The second episode drew 881,000 people.
- Multiple Emmy nominee Jane Kaczmarek has joined the cast of USA's comedy pilot "Playing House." The former "Malcolm in the Middle" star will play the mother of Jessica St. Clair's character, who's going through a midlife awakening. [Hollywood Reporter]
- HBO and Chronicles Books announced a new companion book for "Game of Thrones." Titled "Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Season 3 & 4," the follow up to the first behind-the-scenes book is slated for a fall 2014 release date.
- The series premiere of "True Detective" and the season premiere of "Girls" delivered solid ratings Sunday night (Jan. 12). "True Detective" delivered 2.3 million viewers for its premiere, which was HBO's best since "Boardwalk Empire" in 2010. ("Game of Thrones" debuted to 2.2 million people in 2011.) "Girls," meanwhile, brought in 1.1 million people for the first of its two episodes, a first-run high for the show. The second episode drew 881,000 people.
- Multiple Emmy nominee Jane Kaczmarek has joined the cast of USA's comedy pilot "Playing House." The former "Malcolm in the Middle" star will play the mother of Jessica St. Clair's character, who's going through a midlife awakening. [Hollywood Reporter]
- HBO and Chronicles Books announced a new companion book for "Game of Thrones." Titled "Inside HBO's Game of Thrones: Season 3 & 4," the follow up to the first behind-the-scenes book is slated for a fall 2014 release date.
- 1/14/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Last week, rumors flew of a new daily news program created by DreamWorks and YouTube. It's called YouTube Nation, and on January 13th, it will become a reality. The first episode of YouTube's experiment in original production will launch on its own newly-minted channel. YouTube Nation will be hosted by HuffPost Live's Jacob Soboroff and will feature a cheeky rundown of the trending videos hitting it big on YouTube. A press release from YouTube calls the show "a five-minute experience that includes a rich mix of videos, themed playlists, channel creator highlights and fan feedback." That description by itself seems like a good description of the main YouTube Spotlight channel, where YouTube Nation will fittingly debut at 11 Am Est. YouTube Nation will mark a number of different firsts. It will be the first daily web series available in the snazzy 4K format, which YouTube is bullish on thanks to...
- 1/14/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
News and notes from around the TV world:
- MTV announced the premiere dates for new and returning comedies at the winter press tour on Friday (Jan. 10). "Awkward" Season 4 -- led by new showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler -- premieres with a special one hour episode on Tuesday, April 15 at 10 p.m. Et. Senior year brings Jenna more boy trouble, drama with her friends, a new girl in town who has eyes for Matty, and even some cat fishing.
- "Game of Thrones" alum Oona Chaplin has a role in "Hoke," a pilot at FX starring Paul Giamatti, who plays a middle-aged homicide detective in early 80s Miami. Other cast additions include Robert Wisdom ("The Wire") and John Caroll Lynch ("Body of Proof").
- The season premiere of the coming-of-age comedy series from Carter Covington, "Faking It," airs on Tuesday, April 22 at 10:30 p.m. Et. The new comedy...
- MTV announced the premiere dates for new and returning comedies at the winter press tour on Friday (Jan. 10). "Awkward" Season 4 -- led by new showrunners Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler -- premieres with a special one hour episode on Tuesday, April 15 at 10 p.m. Et. Senior year brings Jenna more boy trouble, drama with her friends, a new girl in town who has eyes for Matty, and even some cat fishing.
- "Game of Thrones" alum Oona Chaplin has a role in "Hoke," a pilot at FX starring Paul Giamatti, who plays a middle-aged homicide detective in early 80s Miami. Other cast additions include Robert Wisdom ("The Wire") and John Caroll Lynch ("Body of Proof").
- The season premiere of the coming-of-age comedy series from Carter Covington, "Faking It," airs on Tuesday, April 22 at 10:30 p.m. Et. The new comedy...
- 1/11/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Just ahead of the official premiere, Pivot has ordered a second season of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s HitRECord on TV.
The first episode of the variety show was made available online last week and in that time has notched more than 495,000 views.
The network also announced today during its panel at the Television Critics Association press tour that Meghan McCain will join their nightly news program TakePart Live. She will join existing co-host Jacob Soboroff, which airs weekdays at midnight.
The first episode of the variety show was made available online last week and in that time has notched more than 495,000 views.
The network also announced today during its panel at the Television Critics Association press tour that Meghan McCain will join their nightly news program TakePart Live. She will join existing co-host Jacob Soboroff, which airs weekdays at midnight.
- 1/11/2014
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
The fact that Pivot, a new network for millennials, is launching Aug. 1, the date MTV hit television in 1981, is purely coincidental. But here’s something that isn’t: The first thing Pivot will air at 6 a.m. Et on Thursday is a video for “Video Killed the Radio Star.”
You may recall that the Buggles’ video was the first one played on MTV 32 years ago. For its update, which celebrates a new generation’s creative power, Pivot recorded independent artists live all over Los Angeles, including Run River North, Goldspot, London Thor, Far and Away, Musical Mammal and Rainbow Jackson.
You may recall that the Buggles’ video was the first one played on MTV 32 years ago. For its update, which celebrates a new generation’s creative power, Pivot recorded independent artists live all over Los Angeles, including Run River North, Goldspot, London Thor, Far and Away, Musical Mammal and Rainbow Jackson.
- 7/31/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Pivot, the new network from Participant Media targeting Millennials, presented their launching slate of original programming at the Television Critics Association summer press tour Friday.
Pivot has tapped two faces familiar to The Huffington Post to host their live, late-night show "TakePart Live": former HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff and former HuffPost Science editor and "Talk Nerdy to Me" host Cara Santa Maria.
Soboroff and Santa Maria will helm the interactive, hour-long series, which will air nightly Monday through Thursday, running down the day's news and hosting guests, from celebrities to activists, while also letting the audience contribute live through comments and social media.
"TakePart Live" (premieres Thurs., Aug. 1 at midnight Et) will launch the day the network does and is joined by Pivot's other original programming, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt's "HitRECord on TV!" and Meghan McCain's new show, being called a docu-talk series, "Raising McCain" (premieres Sat.
Pivot has tapped two faces familiar to The Huffington Post to host their live, late-night show "TakePart Live": former HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff and former HuffPost Science editor and "Talk Nerdy to Me" host Cara Santa Maria.
Soboroff and Santa Maria will helm the interactive, hour-long series, which will air nightly Monday through Thursday, running down the day's news and hosting guests, from celebrities to activists, while also letting the audience contribute live through comments and social media.
"TakePart Live" (premieres Thurs., Aug. 1 at midnight Et) will launch the day the network does and is joined by Pivot's other original programming, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt's "HitRECord on TV!" and Meghan McCain's new show, being called a docu-talk series, "Raising McCain" (premieres Sat.
- 7/26/2013
- by Maggie Furlong
- Huffington Post
This weekend's box office offers up nothing if not variety. With horror, action, and animation hitting theaters, the obvious question is: How will you decide what to spend your money on?
Lucky for you, this is where Moviefone comes in.
Mr. Moviefone himself, Russ Leatherman, and our writer Drew Taylor joined HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff to discuss whether "Turbo," "Red 2," and "The Conjuring" are worth venturing beyond your air-conditioned living room.
Lucky for you, this is where Moviefone comes in.
Mr. Moviefone himself, Russ Leatherman, and our writer Drew Taylor joined HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff to discuss whether "Turbo," "Red 2," and "The Conjuring" are worth venturing beyond your air-conditioned living room.
- 7/19/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
Sports Illustrated & Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller joined Jacob Soboroff in studio on HuffPost Live Thursday to discuss what it was like to wear the $3 million "Harlequin Fantasy Bra" back in 2009.
The bra, which was specially created by Damiani, was later featured in both the Victoria's Secret Christmas Dreams & Fantasies Catalogue and at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Dec. 1, 2009, according to StyleList.
The bra, which was specially created by Damiani, was later featured in both the Victoria's Secret Christmas Dreams & Fantasies Catalogue and at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on Dec. 1, 2009, according to StyleList.
- 7/19/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
The choice of what movie to see this weekend may be easy for some people: If you like tongue-in-cheek, low-brow comedy then "Grown Ups 2" is for you. If big action is your thing, go see "Pacific Rim."
But, for moviegoers who are indifferent to either genre and just want to be entertained, Moviefone is giving you the lowdown on which new flick is worth your time.
Mr. Moviefone, along with Moviefone writer Drew Taylor, sat down with HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff to discuss this weekend's big releases, as well as the smaller, Steve Carrell-starring movie "The Way, Way Back."
Check out this week's Moviefone Live above!
But, for moviegoers who are indifferent to either genre and just want to be entertained, Moviefone is giving you the lowdown on which new flick is worth your time.
Mr. Moviefone, along with Moviefone writer Drew Taylor, sat down with HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff to discuss this weekend's big releases, as well as the smaller, Steve Carrell-starring movie "The Way, Way Back."
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- 7/12/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
Fans of the Showtime hit "Homeland" can't imagine the show without Nicholas Brody, played by actor Damian Lewis. But on HuffPost Live Wednesday, director David Semel revealed that the star was originally intended to only be on the show for two seasons. Semel, who directed the episode "New Car Smell" in season 2, sat down with HuffPost Live's Jacob Soboroff to discuss.
- 7/11/2013
- by HuffPost Live
- Huffington Post
For some, the choice may be easy: Love man-eating zombies? "World War Z" is your movie. Got little ones to entertain? "Monsters University" is for you. But, for the non-parents and non-zombie enthusiasts of the world, it may be harder to choose which movie is worth your time and money.
That's where Moviefone comes in! We have all the monsters vs. zombies info you need to know before you head to the theaters this weekend.
Mr. Moviefone himself, Russ Leatherman, and our Editor-in-Chief, Tim Hayne, sat down with HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff to discuss this week's creature-filled releases. Check the latest Moviefone Live below!
That's where Moviefone comes in! We have all the monsters vs. zombies info you need to know before you head to the theaters this weekend.
Mr. Moviefone himself, Russ Leatherman, and our Editor-in-Chief, Tim Hayne, sat down with HuffPost Live host Jacob Soboroff to discuss this week's creature-filled releases. Check the latest Moviefone Live below!
- 6/21/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
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