ABC news
ABC’s ‘High Potential’ Sets Todd Harthan As New Showrunner (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/todd-harthan-high-potential-showrunner-1235980139/------------------------------------------------
CBS news
‘Blue Bloods’ Cast Marks Final Day Of Filming: Donnie Wahlberg, Marisa Ramirez & Vanessa Ray Share Moment As Series Wraps Shoot (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/blue-bloods-cast-final-day-filming-donnie-wahlberg-marisa-ramirez-vanessa-ray-1235979617/Jesse Lee Soffer Boards ‘FBI: International’ Following Luke Kleintank’s Exit (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/jesse-lee-soffer-cast-fbi-international-1235978565/‘Sheriff Country’ Sets Matt Lopez As Showrunner (June 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/sheriff-country-matt-lopez-showrunner-1235976536/Trevor St. John Leaving ‘The Young And The Restless’ (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/trevor-st-john-leaving-the-young-and-the-restless-1235977562/‘The Bold & The Beautiful’ Reveals Nepo Baby Bonanza, As Jim Belushi’s Daughter & Josh Morrow’s Son Join CBS Sudser (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-casts-jim-belushis-daughter-josh-morrow-son-1235975837/----------------------------------------------
CW news
The CW Sets Fall Premiere Dates For Final Season Of ‘Superman & Lois’, ‘WWE NXT’, ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’, ‘The Chosen’ & More (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-cw-fall-premiere-dates-superman-and-lois-wwe-nxt-sullivans-crossing-the-chosen-1235978853/-----------------------------------------------
NBC news
‘Chicago Fire’s Jocelyn Hudon Upped To Series Regular (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/chicago-fire-jocelyn-hudon-upped-to-series-regular-1235979112/Thor Freudenthal Tapped To Direct & EP ‘The Hunting Party’ Pilot For NBC (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/thor-freudenthal-direct-the-hunting-party-pilot-nbc-1235979302/["'The Hunting Party' is a high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist."]
Alan Cumming Inks First-Look Deal With NBCUniversal On Heels Of ‘The Traitors’ Success (June 20)
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Cable channel news
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Part II: Everything We Know So Far [Paramount Network] (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/yellowstone-season-5-part-2-release-date-cast-1235924863/ Kevin Costner Makes It Official: He’s Not Returning To ‘Yellowstone’ [Paramount Network] (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/kevin-costner-not-returning-to-yellowstone-1235979839/‘Snowpiercer’ Final Season Trailer: “The Closing Act” & “A New Beginning” – Update [AMC] (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/snowpiercer-season-4-premiere-date-amc-photos-trailer-1235906431/ Kevin Costner “Disappointed” In Handling Of ‘Yellowstone’ Exit Rumors: “Nobody On Their Side Ever Stepped Up To Defend What I Did For Them” [Paramount Network] (June 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/kevin-costner-disappointed-yellowstone-exit-rumors-1235978531/Issa López & DP Florian Hoffmeister On Capturing Immensity & Isolation Of The Artic With ‘True Detective: Night Country’ – The Process [HBO] (June 19)
https://deadline.com/video/true-detective-night-country-cinematography-florian-hoffmeister-issa-lopez-interview/‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’: Everything We Know About The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel, Including Plot, Premiere Date & Whether George R.R. Martin Is Involved [HBO] (June 18)
https://deadline.com/feature/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-cast-release-date-1235836300/‘Resident Alien’ Moves To USA Network With Season 4 Renewal (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/resident-alien-usa-network-season-4-1235977244/‘Grantchester’ Renewed For 10th Season By PBS Masterpiece (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/grantchester-renewed-10th-season-masterpiece-1235977042/PBS’ ‘A Capitol Fourth’ To Be Hosted By Alfonso Ribeiro; Lineup Includes Smokey Robinson, Fantasia, Darren Criss And Sheila E. (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/pbs-a-capitol-fourth-washington-smokey-robinson-1235976664/‘The Gilded Age’ Adds Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jordan Donica & Victoria Clark To Season 3 [HBO] (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-gilded-age-adds-phylicia-rashad-brian-stokes-mitchell-jordan-donica-victoria-clark-season-3-1235975748/----------------------------------------------------
Streaming service news--Apple TV+
‘The Morning Show’ Season 4: Everything We Know So Far (June 18)
https://deadline.com/feature/the-morning-show-season-4-plot-cast-everything-we-know-1235977753/‘Lady In The Lake’ Trailer: Natalie Portman Is “Seeking To Shed A Secret Past” In Apple TV+ Thriller Series — Update (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/lady-in-the-lake-apple-tv-plus-premiere-date-first-look-image-trailer-1235908143/["Natalie Portman stars as Maddie Schwartz, a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, alongside Ingram’s Cleo Johnson, a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family. Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger, per the official synopis."]
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Streaming service news--Hulu
‘Only Murders In The Building’ Season 4: Everything We Know So Far (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/only-murders-in-the-building-season-4-release-date-plot-1235929114/Hulu Orders Comedy Pilot From Max Mutchnick, David Kohan & Ryan Murphy Starring Nathan Lane, Matt Bomer And Linda Lavin (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/hulu-orders-comedy-pilot-max-mutchnick-david-kohan-ryan-murphy-nathan-lane-matt-bomer-linda-lavin-1235977295/["The series follows three best friends — gay gentlemen of a certain age – who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother and a naked Gen Z housekeeper. As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how hard things get, there’s always someone around to remind you it would be better if you got your neck done."]
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Streaming service news--Max
‘Sex Lives Of College Girls’ Adds Four To Recurring Cast (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/sex-lives-of-college-girls-cast-ruby-cruz-michael-provost-1235977634/----------------------------------------------------
Streaming service news--Netflix
Sam Neill Joins Eric Bana In Netflix Limited Series ‘Untamed’ (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/sam-neill-netflix-limited-series-untamed-eric-bana-1235979693/Rosemarie DeWitt Joins Netflix Limited Series ‘Untamed’ (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/rosemarie-dewitt-untamed-netflix-1235979992/["'Untamed' is a character-driven mystery-thriller that follows Kyle Turner (Eric Bana), a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature’s vast wilderness. The investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past."]
‘Beef’s Second Season Eyeing Oscar Isaac And Carey Mulligan To Star (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/beef-oscar-isaac-carey-mulligan-season-2-1235979489/Billie Boullet Joins Yahya Abdul-Mateen II In Netflix’s ‘Man On Fire’ TV Series Adaptation (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/billie-boullet-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii-man-on-fire-netflix-series-1235978820/["Based on A.J. Quinnell’s book series, the eight-episode 'Man on Fire' tells the story of John Creasy (Abdul-Mateen II). Once a high-functioning and skilled Special Forces Mercenary, known for surviving even the most desolate of situations, Creasy is now plagued with intense PTSD. Determined to overcome his personal demons, he sets out on a path to redemption. But, before he can adjust to this new life, he finds himself back in the fire, fighting harder than ever."]
Netflix To Open First Two Permanent Immersive Entertainment Venues In 2025 (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/netflix-permanent-immersive-entertainment-venues-2025-1235977187/Sofia Carson And Corey Mylchreest To Star In Feature Adaptation Of ‘My Oxford Year’ For Netflix And Temple Hill (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/sofia-carson-corey-mylchreest-my-oxford-year-1235976494/["The story follows Anna, an ambitious young American woman who, after setting out for Oxford University to fulfill a childhood dream, has her life completely on track until she meets a charming and clever local who profoundly alters both of their lives."]
David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays & Henry Lloyd-Hughes Join Netflix & Amblin’s Richard Osman Adaptation ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/david-tennant-jonathan-pryce-netflix-richard-osman-thursday-murder-club-1235976436/["Chris Columbus is writer-director on the buzzy crime-comedy, which will follow a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club will be played by Helen Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Ben Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim), Pierce Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Celia Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce)."]
‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Gets Season 2 Release Date On Netflix (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/star-trek-prodigy-season-2-release-date-netflix-1235976312/Gabriel Basso & Jared Harris In Final Negotiations For Kathryn Bigelow’s Netflix Film (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/gabriel-basso-jared-harris-in-talks-kathryn-bigelow-netflix-film-1235975755/["The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources have told Deadline that it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds."]
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Streaming service news--Paramount+
Patrick Dempsey Joins ‘Dexter: Original Sin’ In Series Regular Role (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/patrick-dempsey-cast-dexter-original-sin-1235979426/‘1923’ Adds Jennifer Carpenter To Season 2 (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/1923-cast-jennifer-carpenter-season-2-1235976116/----------------------------------------------------
Streaming service news--Peacock
‘Days Of Our Lives’: When To Expect The Debut Of Cherie Jimenez As Gabi Hernandez (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/days-of-our-lives-when-to-expect-debut-cherie-jimenez-gabi-hernandez-1235977100/Michael Chernus To Play Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy In Peacock’s True Crime Limited Series ‘Devil In Disguise’ (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/michael-chernus-john-wayne-gacy-peacock-devil-in-disguise-1235979304/‘Homicide: Life On The Street’ Coming To Streaming, David Simon Says (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/homicide-life-on-the-streets-streaming-nbc-music-rights-1235977582/["'Homicide: Life On the Street' is coming to streaming, according to David Simon, author of 'Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets,' the book on which the show created by Paul Attanasio was based. In a new post on social media, Simon said that NBC had cleared the music used on the series, and it would be coming to a streaming platform, with NBCUniversal’s Peacock the logical home."]
‘Days Of Our Lives’: When To Expect The Debut Of AnnaLynne McCord & The Mystery Role She May Be Assuming (June 17)
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Streaming service news--Prime Video
Jared Padalecki On Reteaming With Eric Kripke For ‘The Boys’: “The Answer Is Yes” (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/jared-padalecki-says-yes-to-the-boys-eric-kripke-1235980239/‘House Of David’ Biblical Drama At Amazon Adds Sam Otto To Cast (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/house-of-david-biblical-drama-sam-otto-amazon-1235979737/‘Winnie-The-Pooh’ Movies & Series Coming To Amazon Through Kartoon Channel With $30M Production Funding Deal In Place (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/winnie-the-pooh-kartoon-studios-amazon-prime-video-series-films-1235979993/How Prosthetics Designer Jake Garber Transformed Walton Goggins Into The Ghoul For Prime Video’s Hit Video Game Adaptation ‘Fallout’ – The Process (June 21)
https://deadline.com/video/fallout-prosthetics-jake-garber-walton-goggins-interview-the-process/Prime Video’s ‘El Gato’ Adds Eric Lange & Alfonso Dosal As Series Regulars (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/prime-video-el-gato-cast-eric-lange-alfonso-dosal-1235979564/‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Reveals Voices Of The Dark Knight, Harley Quinn, Catwoman & More (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/batman-caped-crusader-hamish-linklater-voice-dark-knight-christina-ricci-1235979191/Olivia Colman, Noah Jupe & More Returning For Season 2 Of ‘The Night Manager’ (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/olivia-colman-noah-jupe-return-season-2-the-night-manager-1235978789/Riz Ahmed & Ben Karlin Teaming On Amazon Comedy Series About Struggling Actor (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/riz-ahmed-ben-karlin-amazon-comedy-1235978608/“Born To Kill” Phrase On ‘Full Metal Jacket’ Movie Art To Be Restored On Prime Video After Backlash (June 19)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/full-metal-jacket-born-to-kill-prime-video-1235978295/Rahul Kohli Joins Amazon’s ‘We Were Liars’ In Recasting (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/we-were-liars-adds-rahul-kohli-to-ensemble-recasting-1235977179/["A series adaptation of the YA novel from E. Lockhart, 'We Were Liars' is a love story and an amnesia thriller set on a privately owned island off the coast of Massachusetts. It centers on the wealthy, seemingly perfect Sinclair family, who spend every summer on their private island."]
Tatiana Maslany To Star In ‘The Nightbeast’ Pilot For Amazon MGM Studios (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/tatiana-maslany-star-in-the-nightbeast-pilot-amazon-mgm-studios-1235975905/["follows a young mother who is unsatisfied with her seemingly perfect suburban life, so she begins an affair with the boogeyman in her son’s closet a surprisingly sexy man called the Nightbeast. But this harmless affair she thought to be a figment of her imagination begins to have unexpected consequences, as her two worlds increasingly begin to collide in this seductive, darkly comedic tale."]
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Ratings
‘Bridgerton’ Stays Strong Atop Nielsen Streaming Charts As Shane Gillis Comedy ‘Tires’ Makes No. 5 On Originals List (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/bridgerton-nielsen-streaming-viewership-shane-gillis-comedy-tires-netflix-1235979595/‘The Boys’ Season 4 Premiere Viewership Scores 21% Boost Vs. Season 3 (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/the-boys-season-4-premiere-viewership-amazon-1235978881/‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 & French Film ‘Under Paris’ Jockey For Netflix’s Most-Watched Title Last Week, Leading Top 10 (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/bridgerton-season-3-part-2-viewership-under-paris-most-popular-netflix-1235977319/‘House Of The Dragon’ Season 2 Premiere Viewership Down Versus Series Launch (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-premiere-viewership-down-hbo-1235977133/‘Young Sheldon’ Drew Cross-Platform Audiences In May; Cable Viewership Dipped Thanks To Lack Of Sports (June 18)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/young-sheldon-sports-cable-viewership-may-nielsen-the-gauge-1235977398/["Streaming accounted for 38.8% of all TV usage in May, with Netflix taking the second-highest share at 7.6%. That is far higher than its streaming competitors, including Max and Paramount+, which both took a 1.2% share. The only platform to rival Netflix is YouTube, which stands at the top of the list with a 9.7% share.
Nielsen reports that TV usage was up year-over-year, but it was down on a monthly basis. While streaming usage climbed 8% since last year overall, FAST platforms in particular saw significant growth. Tubi usage was up 43%, and The Roku Channel saw a 36% increase compared with May 2023.
Broadcast viewing was also elevated just slightly.
Meanwhile, cable was down to just 28.2% of usage. In a month lacking sports, it’s to be expected that cable would take a hit."]
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The business of TV
Paramount Global Shares Fall Under $10, A Record Low Since Viacom & CBS Merged (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/paramount-global-shares-hit-low-as-skydance-merger-up-in-smoke-1235975782/Shares Of AMC Networks Plunge 35% As Company Plans Debt Sale To Raise Cash (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/amc-networks-stock-price-plunges-bond-offering-1235976225/Ailing Redbox Owner Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Removes Entire Board Of Directors Except For Chairman And CEO Bill Rouhana (June 17)
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Obituaries
Taylor Wily Dies: ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Actor Was 56 (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/taylor-wily-dead-1235979958/Remembering Donald Sutherland: A Career In Photos (June 20)
https://deadline.com/gallery/remembering-donald-sutherland-a-career-in-photos/Hollywood Reacts To Death of Donald Sutherland: “RIP To The GOAT” (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-death-reactions-hollywood-1235979206/Kiefer Sutherland Remembers Father Donald Sutherland As “One Of The Most Important Actors In The History Of Film” (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/kiefer-sutherland-remembers-donald-sutherland-1235979185/Donald Sutherland Dies: Revered Actor In ‘Klute’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘MASH’, ‘Hunger Games’ & Scores Of Others Was 88 (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-sutherland-dead-1235978933/Evans Evans Dies: ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ Actor, Widow Of Director John Frankenheimer Was 91 (June 20)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/evans-evans-dead-1235978744/Anouk Aimée Dies: Iconic Star Of Cinema Classics ‘La Dolce Vita’ & ‘ 8 1/2’ Was 92 (June 18)
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Other News
Longtime ‘Jeopardy!’ Host Alex Trebek Memorialized On U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamp (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/alex-trebek-jeopardy-honored-u-s-postal-service-forever-stamp-1235980488/Broadcast Pilot Buzz – Summer 2024 Edition (June 21)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/pilots-development-abc-cbs-nbc-fox-1235974052/Court vacates Julie Chrisley’s fraud sentence, Todd’s conviction upheld (June 21)
https://news.yahoo.com/news/appeals-court-vacates-julie-chrisley-211226769.htmlKelsey Grammer On His Iconic Characters From ‘Frasier’ To ‘The Simpsons’, The Star Who Changed His Life & The Surprising Role He Calls His Favorite – The Actor’s Side (June 19)
https://deadline.com/video/kelsey-grammer-frasier-video-interview/2024 Paris Summer Olympics TV Schedule: Full Event, Date & Channel Listings (June 18)
https://deadline.com/lists/2024-paris-summer-olympics-tv-schedule/Ronald D. Moore Returns To Sony Pictures Television With Overall Deal (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/ronald-d-moore-returns-sony-pictures-television-1235969824/Zhang Yimou To Direct ‘Three-Body Problem’ Film (June 17)
https://deadline.com/2024/06/zhang-yimou-three-body-problem-film-shanghai-international-film-festival-china-1235975558/
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