General Hospital was once again the big winner at the Daytime Emmys, while Dick Van Dyke was recognized for his guest work on Days of Our Lives and The Kelly Clarkson Show won its fourth consecutive trophy for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series.
Production is currently underway on the 12-episode fifth season of 9-1-1: Lone Star amid rampant speculation that this is the show’s final chapter and without one of the series regulars, Sierra McClain, who quietly left following some cast renegotiation drama.
The Daytime Emmys will go on as planned, after IATSE threatened to picket over the production’s use of a majority non-union crew on Friday. IATSE leadership met with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Friday afternoon in an effort to reach an agreement prior to showtime. The deal was reached around 3 p.m. PT, just two hours before the awards show was set to begin.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
The tennis tournament will air on WBD’s cable networks, Max and the Bleacher Report digital sports hub beginning in 2025. (Christophe Ena/AP)
CLOSING BELL
Dow Drops 87, Nasdaq Falls 40, S&P Slips 6
Stocks slipped and bond yields jumped Friday following a hotter-than-expected jobs report.
Exclusives
The broadcast industry’s accelerating transition to cloud-based production of sports, news and other live programming is proving far more disruptive to the evolution of video services than seemed likely not so long ago.
TikTok says it has fixed a vulnerability that led to a rare type of cyberattack this week. Hackers sent a private, malware-laced message to users that took over their accounts as soon as the message was opened. TikTok confirmed that the unidentified hackers were able to take over CNN's account.
Globally, live event programming is the preferred broadcast content for 40% of TV viewers around the world — more popular than any other programming, according to research company Vitreous World. Live event programming tops viewer preference for on-demand content via streaming services at 31%, and linear TV scheduled programming by TV stations and networks at 29%.
Reps. Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro also asked for the methods Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery and Disney may use to determine pricing for the service.
As part of an effort to track diversity, the FCC is reinstating the collection of radio and television stations’ workforce composition data on FCC Form 395-B.
The host departs this week after more than four decades leading one of the most watched shows on syndicated American TV. His final episode airs on Friday. (Herb Ball/NBC, via Getty Images)
The Washington Post has written twice this spring about allegations that have cropped up in British court proceedings involving its new publisher and CEO, Will Lewis. In both instances Lewis pushed his newsroom chief hard not to run the story.
Paramount Global has a strong future ahead of it and so does broadcast television, despite the uncertainty that has enveloped Hollywood in general and Paramount in particular. That was the message sent Thursday by CBS chief George Cheeks, who last month was also tapped as one of three CEOs to steer Paramount Global through a period that is sure to be challenging no matter what happens with the company. (Variety)
As White Collar sees a resurgence in popularity years after its conclusion on USA, it seems fans will have new episodes to watch soon. Series creator Jeff Eastin revealed at Variety's TV Fest on Thursday that a new version of the police procedural is in the works.
AI & THE MEDIA
Generative AI In The UK: 36% Have Used It, But Deloitte Highlights Need To Improve ‘Fluency’
"A subset of consumers remain underinformed about how generative AI works and its drawbacks," diagnoses the advisory and consulting firm.
Netflix’s live roast of NFL great Tom Brady made it into the Nielsen streaming rankings for its premiere, despite only being available for a few hours of that week. After its first full week on the streamer, it rocketed to the top of the charts with 1.67 billion minutes of viewing for the week of May 6-12.
As Donald Trump seeks to make inroads with African American voters in his third run for the White House, fresh allegations are surfacing about his disrespectful behavior toward Black people inside the Midtown skyscraper that launched his show and political career. There are still questions about whether any of that behavior was caught on tape. Pictured: Donald Trump, seeking contestants for The Apprentice, is interviewed at Universal Studios Hollywood Friday, July 9, 2004, in Los Angeles. Trump was casting for the show’s the third season. A producer's new account of Trump's behavior is resurfacing allegations about whether he mistreated Black people who appeared on the show. (Ric Francis/AP)
European stocks fell in the early trading after the European Central Bank cut its key interest rate from a record high of 4% on Thursday, leaving uncertainties for the policy's next move. France's CAC 40 dropped 0.4% to 8,006.66, and Germany's DAX slipped 0.4% to 18,571.98. Britain's FTSE 100 shed 0.3% to 8,257.46.
A woman who says she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the center of Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer” sued the streaming giant Thursday for defamation and is seeking at […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts the upcoming hurricane season, which officially began June 1, will be among the most active in recent years. It is not just radio that is gearing up. So too is the FCC, where the focus in recent months has been on improving communications during disasters.
The lawsuit, which was filed in 2015 and has withstood numerous challenges, says the NFL broke antitrust law when it allowed DirecTV to exclusively sell the "Sunday Ticket" package of out-of-market Sunday afternoon games airing on CBS and Fox at what it says was an inflated price and restricted competition.
Leaders from Televisa Univision, WCVB, KPIX and Ross will discuss the upshots of adopting virtual sets and AR into their news production and the challenges they’ve navigated along the way in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on June 27 at 1 p.m. ET. Register here.
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.
