Turner Sports Head Lenny Daniels Leaves Warner Bros. Discovery

Following the integration of Showtime into Paramount Plus, Erin Calhoun has been named executive VP, communications for Paramount streaming and cross-company publicity. Calhoun had been executive VP, communications for Showtime. Susan Lundgren, who had been senior VP, communications for streaming, will be leaving Paramount, the company said. Tom Ryan, CEO...

Fox Television Stations said Chris Reed will become executive VP of legal affairs, effective February 1. Reed had been senior VP of intellectual property, content protection and litigation for Fox. Corp. He succeeds David Keneipp, who is retiring after being with the station group for 30 years. “During his 30-year...

TelevisaUnivision said it is moving its upfront event to a bigger venue in 2023 based on a big turnout last year. “We’ve reached the tipping point. The cultural firepower of U.S. Hispanics is indisputable, and more brands than ever are making the commitment to invest in this audience,” said Donna Speciale, president of U.S., advertising sales and marketing at TelevisaUnivision.

Warner Bros. Discovery, turning from its subscription-streaming-only model in a big way, has made deals to launch free, ad-supported streaming television channels on the Roku and Tubi platforms. The programming heading to free, ad-supported television (FAST) channels includes Westworld, which was canceled and pulled from WBD’s HBO Max in order...

Ryan Singleton was a model from Atlanta, Georgia. Since he was young, he "wanted to be a star," his mother, Iris Flowers, remembers, reports WUSA 9. When Ryan was 21 years old, he left Atlanta and went to New York to pursue his dream.

World Wrestling Entertainment, better known throughout the world as WWE, has legions of adoring fans. These fans were saddened today with word that one of the all-time greats of the wrestling world has passed away at the age of 68.

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star Hulk Hogan is "paralyzed" from the waist down, at least according to another legendary wrestler, it has been revealed. Kurt Angle, speaking on an episode of his top-rated podcast on Sunday, said that he and Hogan, 69, spoke backstage when they both appeared at the 30th Anniversary special for WWE’s program “Monday Night Raw.”

Legendary quarterback Tom Brady said today (February 1) that he is retiring (for real) from the National Football League. Now the question is, when he will start his career with Fox Sports?. Fox will be airing Super Bowl LVII on February 12 but it’s unclear if the network plans to...

The CW, now controlled by Nexstar Media Group, said it hired NBCUniversal executive Heather Olander as head of unscripted programming, a new post at the network. Unscripted programming will be a key for The CW as Nexstar looks to turn the network profitable by 2025 in part by ridding its schedule of expensive dramas aimed at younger viewers and loading up on alternative reality series, events and specials.

Fox News Channel found its way to the top of primetime cable charts during the last week of January, stopping ESPN’s month-long, first place run. Fox News averaged 2.1 million viewers in primetime during the week of January 23-January 29, ending ESPN’s three-week winning streak on the chart, according to Nielsen. MSNBC was second with 1 million viewers, followed by HGTV’s 928,000 viewers, ESPN’s 916,000 viewers and Hallmark Channel’s 827,000 watchers, said Nielsen.

Fox has ordered season three of drama The Cleaning Lady. Jeannine Renshaw has joined the show, about a surgeon who finds an entirely new line of work after landing in America, as an executive producer and will be showrunner with Miranda Kwok. Season three is lined up for 2023-2024. “After...

Nickelodeon said that Nate Burleson and Charli D’Amelio will co-host its Kids’ Choice Awards 2023 when it appears live on Saturday, March 4. The awards show will be simulcast on Paramount Global channels Nickelodeon, TeenNick, NIcktoons, Nick Jr., TVLand, CMT and MTV2. Sponsors include Lunchables, NIntendo Switch and Olive Garden.

Paramount Plus will follow the lives of actor Sylvester Stallone and his family in a new reality series launching this spring. The six-part The Family Stallone series will feature the Rocky and First Blood film star along with his wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone and daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet. According to streaming service, “Stallone is ready to give cameras access into what he would consider the greatest role of his lifetime, dad. In this new series starring his three daughters, wife and himself, the Stallone’s offer a seat at the table of one of Hollywood’s most famous families.”

Disney Advertising says the National Hockey League’s All-Star Game and the NHL All-Star Skills competition are sold out. Disney says it has signed up 12 sponsors for the two day event.. Sponsoring the All-Star game are presenting sponsor Honda, Discovery, Enterprise, Goodyear, Lexus, Navy Federal Credit Union and SAP.

Frndly TV, the low-priced, family-friendly streaming TV service, said it made a deal with Scripps Networks to bring Ion, Ion Mystery and Grit to its customers . The Scripps channels increase the number of live channels Frndly TV offers basic subscribers to 45. The price for Frndly’s base tier remains...

CBS Media Ventures will offer library episodes of 'Dr. Phil' to stations for season 2023-24 and beyond. Dr. Phil McGraw is ending his run in daytime TV, exiting his eponymous talk show after 21 seasons in syndication, he said Tuesday. “I have been blessed with over 25 wonderful years in...

Britt Clennett has been named a foreign correspondent at ABC News, based in Hong Kong. She began reporting as a freelance correspondent for ABC News in 2020, covering Covid lockdowns in Hong Kong, and the government’s response to protests. She also spent four months in Ukraine, covering the war.

‘You Bet Your Life,’ ‘Pictionary,’ ‘25 Words or Less,’ ‘Dish Nation’ and ‘Divorce Court’ set to return for 2023-24 TV season. Fox First Run is bringing back five of its syndicated programs — You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno, Pictionary, 25 Words or Less, Dish Nation and Divorce Court — for fall 2023, said Stephen Brown, executive VP of programming and development for Fox First Run and Fox Television Stations on Tuesday.

Weigel Broadcasting networks MeTV and Decades celebrate actresses Cindy Williams, who played Shirley on Laverne & Shirley, and Lisa Loring, who played Wednesday Addams on The Addams Family. Both actresses died in recent days. Decades will have 36 Laverne & Shirley episodes starting at 12 p.m. ET Saturday, February 4,...

The instability of the overall syndication firmament is resulting in stability in other areas, such as locking shows and talent into longer-term renewals. The practice is nothing new in syndication, with established hits like Oprah, Ellen and others routinely having scored long-term deals. But the new reality of relatively low ratings for all launches — major new talkers Debmar-Mercury’s Sherri and Warner Bros.’ Jennifer Hudson are both averaging between a 0.6 and 0.7 household rating, according to Nielsen, thus far — has made multiyear deals rare for newer shows and almost nonexistent for rookies.