Category: Entertainment
Succession and Yellowjackets Season Premieres Hit Record Viewership
by Alex Kerai | Mar 29, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
The season premieres of Succession on HBO and Yellowjackets on SHOWTIME were on Sunday, and both shows drew record-high viewership. Succession had 2.3 million viewers across the linear HBO channel and the streaming service HBO Max.
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What to Watch This Week | March 27–April 2
by Bill Frost | Mar 27, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch recs include new sci-fi drama The Power, Rob Lowe comedy Unstable, the dramatized tale of Tetris, the final run of Riverdale, and WWE WrestleMania 39 squared-circle action. Better find that remote.
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South by Southwest in Austin Hosts Major Premieres and Music Sets
by Alex Kerai | Mar 24, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
The South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, returned with full programming this year. More than 80 artists performed music sets around Austin, with many smaller bands getting to shine.
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fuboTV is Now Called Fubo, and (Maybe Someday) Cable
by Randy Harward | Mar 23, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
So fuboTV has a new name. No, the sportsball-focused live TV streaming service partly owned by Deadpool actor and biz whiz Ryan Reynolds didn’t add “+” to its name (as streaming services are wont to do). Instead, fuboTV laid off “TV” and promoted the “f” to “F” for a simple moniker: “Fubo.”
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Shows Like Yellowstone
by Eric Chiu | Mar 23, 2023 | Entertainment
Yellowstone is one of the biggest hits on cable TV right now, as viewers can’t get enough of the trials and tribulations of John Dutton (Kevin Costner), his family, and the rough-ridin’ crew of Dutton Ranch. Since the second half of Yellowstone season 5 won’t arrive until summer 2023 on Paramount Network, here are some other shows that have that Yellowstone vibe.
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Apple Considering Bid for U.K. Premier League Rights
by Alex Kerai | Mar 23, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
A report out this morning says that Apple TV+ may bid for the U.K. streaming rights to English Premier League football. The deal would bring the English Football League to the same platform that already hosts Major League Soccer in the U.S.
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Writers Guild Begin Negotiations Before Possible Strike
by Alex Kerai | Mar 20, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
On Monday, March 20, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) began contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMTPT). The negotiations will lead to a new three-year deal between writers and the studios or a strike that could shut down Hollywood productions worldwide.
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How to Watch Better Call Saul
by Bill Frost | Mar 20, 2023 | Entertainment
You can watch the first five seasons of AMC’s Better Call Saul on Netflix (Breaking Bad is there too if you’re down for a Saul/Bad mega-watch party.) However, you won’t find Season 6 on Netflix or AMC+—you’ll have to purchase a digital or hard copy if you want to watch the final season before it’s finally added to Netflix on April 18, 2023.
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What to Watch This Week | March 20–26
by Bill Frost | Mar 20, 2023 | Entertainment
This week’s What to Watch picks include the much-anticipated returns of Yellowjackets and Succession, the debuts of The Night Agent and Rabbit Hole, Polish crime-noir thriller The Thaw, new Andy Samberg comedy Digman!, and the National Women’s Soccer League season kickoff. So much to watch!
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Potential Sale of BET Attracts Major Suitors
by Alex Kerai | Mar 17, 2023 | Entertainment, Industry News
Paramount is weighing a sale of BET Media Group, which includes the cable network BET and VH1. Actor-producer Tyler Perry, producer-executive Byron Allen, and musician Sean “Diddy” Combs have all expressed interest in purchasing a majority stake in BET.
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