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How NBCUniversal Television Thrives on Collaborative Energy Between Studios and Platforms: 'We Cheer Each Other On'
From Donna Langley to Pearlena Igbokwe to Frances Berwick to Liz Jenkins, female executives largely run the show at NBCUniversal. In television, Igbokwe's core team is tasked with overseeing NBCU's television studio imprints — Universal…
Jessica Biel & Paramount TV Studios Adapting 'Coffin Moon' For TV
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Television Studios is developing and adapting Keith Rosson's horror novel Coffin Moon for TV with Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple's Iron Ocean, through the prodco's first-look deal with the studio. The writing and producing…
'Literally state-run TV': Trump launches YouTube channel amid boycott by US networks
Donald Trump's previous television career centred on his role on The Apprentice, but the US president's latest media venture is a rather lower-budget affair: the launch of Trump TV in the wake of his ban on several outlets from covering the White…
Trump TV Is Finally Here, and No One Is Watching
Months before the 2016 election, there was a lot of chatter about the possibility that Donald Trump 's whole presidential campaign was just a scheme to launch “Trump TV.” Vanity Fair even reported in June 2016 that, whatever Trump's…
14 Terrifying Hotels From Horror Movies and TV
Never After Dark opens this week, and its setting—a former bed-and-breakfast turned private home—got us thinking about the most horrifying hotels we've seen on screen before. The kinds of places where ghosts and other creatures await…
Trump is off American TV - can the world learn to live without him as the star?
Donald Trump seemed to be yelling into the void. The president, surrounded by suits in hard hats and neon yellow vests, was inaudible during a Monday ribbon-cutting ceremony for his much-touted helipad after major television networks refused to…
Sir Michael Palin admits 'I'm slowing down' as he addresses future on TV
Sir Michael Palin has admitted his 'struggles' while filming a new travel documentary, set in the Philippines. The Monty Python star, 83, has travelled to North Korea, Iraq, Nigeria and Venezuela for Channel 5 programmes, and is now turning to the…
Television Critics Association Revises Bylaws to Address AI
LOS ANGELES —Television Critics Association (TCA) members have voted to amend the organization's bylaws to prohibit generative AI usage in members' work and expand membership criteria to include new forms of content creation. Recognizing…
Every Movie and TV Show Featured in the White House's Trump TV Ad
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… On Monday night, The White House launched Trump TV, a 24/7 livestream of “top past moments, announcements and the latest and greatest” from the Trump administration, with an X video…
Trump launches state-run TV 'like North Korea' after humiliating press boycott
US President Donald Trump has announced he is launching his own TV channel after an awkward on-camera moment caused by a press boycott. The boycott is in effect after the US President banned a number of media outlets from the White House grounds.
Trump TV: Can the US president bypass mainstream media?
United States President Donald Trump launched a round-the-clock YouTube channel run by the White House on Monday. The move follows his banning of CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and Politico from reporting from the White House on Friday, prompting…
Apple TV: 'The Sisters Grimm' gets season 2 trailer
Apple TV today unveiled the trailer for the upcoming second season of its animated adventure series “ The Sisters Grimm.” Watch it below. “ The Sisters Grimm ” is set to return to Apple TV on October 2, just one day shy…
TV Networks Boycotting Trump
Dan Merica, WaPo (“ TV networks deny Trump the one thing he craves most: Attentio n”): President Donald Trump had a really rough week last week. Crude oil prices kept spiking with no sign of abating. He lost his mail-in ballot case at…
Her Road to the Top: How NBCUniversal TV Studio Chief Pearlena Igbokwe Learned to Balance Business and Creative Instincts
By the time Pearlena Igbokwe was offered the job of president of Universal Television in 2016, she already had an impressive résumé. She'd climbed the ranks over 20 years at Showtime, and then excelled during a four-year stretch as…
White House launches 'Trump TV' amid media access dispute
The White House has officially launched 'Trump TV', a new 24/7 streaming platform providing dedicated presidential content, amidst an escalating dispute with major news organisations over press access, which President Trump defends by citing…
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