The world of CBS’s The Neighborhood is expanding. The network’s streaming sibling, Paramount+, has ordered a comedy series titled Crutch that stars Tracy Morgan and is set in the same world as The Neighborhood — albeit on the other side of the country. The show comes from CBS Studios, and The Neighborhood star and executive producer Cedric the Entertainer is among its EPs.
The network announced its commentary team Monday: Dan Hicks and Mike Tirico will share play-by-play duties with an analyst assigned to each. The four-wide booth will have Hicks calling even-numbered holes with Brandel Chamblee and Tirico calling the odd-numbered holes with Brad Faxon.
Al Roker, Christine Baranski, Mike McVay, Patsy Smullin, Stephen A. Smith, Steve Jones, Wendy McMahon will be feted on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Gotham Hall in New York City.
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Tennis Channel and commentator Brett Haber have agreed to a contract extension that will keep one of the network’s most prominent faces on air through 2028. Haber, who first appeared on […]
KDEN Denver (Telemundo Colorado), part of NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group, today said that award-winning journalist Ana Guerra is joining the station as news anchor. In her new role, she will co-anchor Noticias Telemundo […]
Al Primo & His Eyewitness News Revolution takes you back to the early days of television news to hear the behind-the-scenes stories of its revolution from the people who were there.
Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division, said Sunday she was retiring from the business. Godwin was recruited as an outsider from CBS News and was beset by grumbling about her management style that made it into print. Her leaving comes after parent Walt Disney Co. installed one of its executives, Debra O’Connell, to oversee the news division.
Paramount Global says Chris McMarthy is the company’s “interim principal executive officer,” a necessity required by the SEC that apparently does not signal he has more decision-making power among a trio of top executives who stepped up to replace Bob Bakish this week in a new Office of the CEO. Security & Exchange Commission rules require a person, not an office, to conduct with over the normal course of business. It’s not clear why McCarthy, president and CEO, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks, received the designation as opposed to George Cheeks or Brian Roberts.
The journalist and former daytime TV talk-show host is among a diverse group of 19 individuals to be honored Friday by the Democratic president for making what the White House said are “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors.”
Kathleen Keefe, 68, former broadcast executive died in Roxbury, Conn., on May 1. She served as the VP of sales for both Hearst Television and Post-Newsweek Stations. She was the […]
Tegna ABC affiliate WOI Des Moines, Iowa (“Local 5”) will add meteorologist Bree Sullivan to the Local 5 Weather team on May 6, preparing central Iowans for their day on […]
Just days after Bob Bakish left Paramount Global as CEO, CBS President-CEO George Cheeks — one-third of the newly formed “Office of the CEO” that will now jointly run the company — spoke to reporters about what to expect moving forward. And so far, there’s not much he can say.
Brooks and Brunson to accept their awards at a star-studded ceremony on June 9 in Los Angeles. The 84th Annual Peabody Award winners will be announced on May 9.
Sony Pictures Television has brought on Kate Gill as SVP, comedy development. In her new role, she will focus on developing new comedy series for all platforms for the U.S. scripted division. Reporting to Colin Davis, EVP, comedy development, Gill will be based in SPT’s Culver City, Calif., headquarters and starts her new role on May 13.
Jessica Casano-Antonellis, a former exec at Disney+, Hulu and Vimeo, is returning to the streaming sector as the head of communications for the new sports-centric service coming from ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. As SVP of communications, Casano-Antonellis will head up all communications efforts for the joint venture, which does not yet have a name. As a member of the JV’s executive leadership team, Casano-Antonellis will report directly to CEO Pete Distad. (Maro Hagopian)
DPA Microphones, a manufacturer of microphone solutions, has hired Jens Jermiin as the brand’s new vice president of marketing. A marketing veteran, with previous roles at global brands including Coca-Cola, […]
Broitman, Katz chief operating officer since 2012, takes over on July 1.
