Two familiar faces will return for the upcoming Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage. Will Sasso and Rachel Bay Jones, who recurred as Mandy’s parents in Young Sheldon, return to reprise their roles as series regulars in the spinoff series. Both joined the mothership series in Season 6 as Jim and Audrey McAllister.
The comedian's travel show will visit six new destinations.
Warner Bros. Discovery announced new advanced advertising products marketers can buy on its Max streaming service during its upfront presentation Wednesday that include shoppable ads, advanced contextual targeting and interactive video formats. .
Fremantle, the company behind top-rated unscripted shows such as American Idol, America’s Got Talent and Password, continues to expand its unscripted development team. On the heels of the company’s appointment of Jimmy Fox as EVP of unscripted development and sales, Fremantle has named Megan McGrath (left) SVP of unscripted development. Additionally, Fox has brought on Stephanie Valentin (right) and Emily Bon as VPs of unscripted development. The three will team with Fox to strengthen existing properties and pave the way for new programs and formats.
Google on Tuesday announced that it will infuse its ubiquitous search engine with its powerful artificial intelligence model, Gemini, drawing on the rapidly advancing technology to directly answer user queries at the top of results pages. On its surface that might sound convenient, but for news publishers — many of whom are already struggling with steep traffic declines — the revamped search experience will likely cause an even further decrease in audience, potentially starving them of readers and revenue. Within hours of the Mountain View announcement, the news industry began sounding the alarm.
On Tuesday, there were no scheduled debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Now President Biden says there are two. First was the self-described “breaking news” announcement this morning by CNN boss Mark Thompson at the Warner Bros Discovery upfront of one debate on CNN on June 27. Then, less than 45 minutes after the CNN announcement, Biden said there is a second debate coming Sept.10 on ABC.
Netflix has secured rights to an NFL doubleheader on Christmas Day, taking another leap forward in live sports. After this year, the streaming giant will carry at least one holiday game over the next three years. Rumored in recent weeks, the deal was formally announced by the league as it also prepared to release its entire 2024-25 schedule Wednesday night. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Bloomberg reported the fee was less than $150 million per game.
The veteran award-winning broadcast news executive will be honored at the group’s annual gathering June 12-14 in Milwaukee.
After corporate maneuvers, a global pandemic and labor unrest, the wheels of streaming commerce are finally starting to turn for Max. The Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service introduced an ad tier in 2021, when it was known as HBO Max and owned by AT&T’s WarnerMedia, only to re-approach the ad business in earnest in early 2023. About a year into the effort and the rebrand to Max, there are clear signs of traction, with the service due to be center stage Wednesday at the company’s upfront presentation to ad buyers in New York.
There’s a growing temptation to believe that the network has waned in power and influence. Don’t give in to it — especially not in 2024.
On April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor published final regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act that ultimately raise the minimum salary necessary to be exempt from federal overtime rules by 65%. These changes affect all businesses subject to the FLSA, but broadcasters and other media employers may particularly feel the impact given that they rarely operate on a 9 a.m.-to-5 p.m. schedule. The increase will occur in two steps, with the first going into effect on July 1, 2024, and the second occurring on Jan. 1, 2025.
NBC’s leaders have been forced to grapple with how to square its cable news network’s embrace of progressive politics with the company’s straight-news operation.
Billionaire Frank McCourt is organizing a bid to acquire the U.S. business of video-sharing platform TikTok, weeks after the passage of a law that would ban the company unless it separates itself from its Chinese owner.
Google will roll out new artificial intelligence features in search functions and other Google services as the company races with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to stay on the cutting edge of AI technology.
Joan Vassos will follow Gerry Turner in the next installment of the senior dating series.
The Walt Disney Co.’s upfront presentation went on with a connections theme, and Bob Iger himself appeared onstage moments after it began. Emma Stone introduced Iger, Disney CEO, who said it was his first upfront show appearance since 1994. Among the programming highlights presented were three from Ryan Murphy, a comedy special franchise on Hulu and a peek at Marvel projects.
Technology leaders from NBC Regional Sports Networks, Sinclair, Gray Television, Hearst Television and Fox Television Stations discuss the benefits and challenges of remote production in an IP environment in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch webinar on July 16 at 1 p.m. ET. Register here.
In this newly created corporate position, the former GM of KNTV and KMCC Las Vegas will oversee Scripps’ local news content strategy alongside Kate O’Brian, Scripps’ president of news.
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a station vice president and general manager and a lifestyle show producer. Existing jobs include openings for a director of student media, a national operations manager, a digital platform specialist and an account executive.
Streaming sales leaders from Gray Television, E.W. Scripps, Hearst Television, Ticker and Megaphone TV will share the latest developments in technology and strategy for OTT and FAST channels. Learn more about this critically important revenue source for broadcasters in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on May 16. Register here.
