ABC news
‘The Bachelorette’ Paused For Summer 2025: ABC Dating Series To Skip
Cycle (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-bachelorette-paused-2025-abc-1236282465/
ABC Steps In To Pay ‘Lucky 13’ Contestant Prizes After Shaquille O’Neal, Gina Rodriguez Game Show’s Messy Demise (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/abc-pay-lucky-13-winners-shaquille-oneal-gina-rodriguez-game-show-1236278651/
‘General Hospital’s Charles Mesure Exits; ‘One Live To Live’s Chris McKenna To Take Over As Jack Brennan (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/general-hospital-charles-mesure-exits-one-live-to-live-chris-mckenna-to-play-jack-brennan-1236277054/
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Fox news
‘The Cleaning Lady’ & ‘Alert: Missing Persons Unit’ Get Return Dates On Fox (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-cleaning-lady-alert-missing-persons-unit-premiere-dates-1236278187/
‘9-1-1: Lone Star’ Finale: Gina Torres & EP Rashad Raisani On Captain Vega’s Emotional Farewell & Series’ Departure: “Ridiculous This Is Ending” (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/911-lone-star-series-finale-gina-torres-captain-vega-1236277437/
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NBC news
‘SNL’: NBC To Air First Ever Episode Ahead Of 50th Anniversary (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/snl-nbc-first-ever-episode-1236281836/
Heidi Klum Leaving ‘America’s Got Talent’, Mel B Returns As NBC Reality Series Sets Season 20 Premiere Date (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/heidi-klum-leaving-americas-got-talent-mel-b-season-20-premiere-date-1236276764/
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Cable channel news
‘Shogun’ Star Hiroyuki Sanada & Bosses Tease Season 2 At Critics Choice Awards: “People Are Going To Be Surprised As Soon As The First Episode” [FX] (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/shogun-hiroyuki-sanada-season-2-1236282546/
‘The English Teacher’ Renewed For Season 2 By FX (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-english-teacher-renewed-season-2-fx-1236281641/
‘The Chi’ Opens Season 8 Writers Room Ahead Of Season 7 Premiere
[Showtime] (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-chi-writers-room-renewed-season-8-showtime-1236269870/
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Streaming service news--Apple TV+
Holland Taylor Joins Matthew McConaughey & Woody Harrelson’s Brothers
Comedy Series At Apple (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/holland-taylor-matthew-mcconaughey-woody-harrelsons-brothers-comedy-series-apple-1236280783/
‘Star City’: Anna Maxwell Martin Joins ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff At Apple TV+ (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/star-city-anna-maxwell-martin-all-mankind-spinoff-apple-1236280032/
K-Pop Competition Series Starring Psy & Megan Thee Stallion Ordered At
Apple With EP Lionel Richie (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/k-pop-competition-series-psy-megan-thee-stallion-apple-1236278809/
Mark Strong Joins ‘Neuromancer’ Apple TV+ Series (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/mark-strong-neuromancer-apple-tv-series-1236277465/
["Mark Strong (Dune: Prophecy, Kingsman: The Secret Service) is set as a
series regular opposite leads Callum Turner and Briana Middleton in 'Neuromancer,' Apple TV+‘s 10-episode drama series based on the
award-winning novel of the same name by William Gibson. Created for
television by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, Neuromancer follows a
damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who is thrust into a
web of digital espionage and high-stakes crime with his partner Molly (Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a
heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets."]
‘Shrinking’ Season 3 Production Gets Underway In Fire-Ravaged Altadena & Pasadena (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/shrinking-season-3-production-underway-altadena-pasadena-1236278258/
‘Berlin ER’: Apple Drops Trailer For New German Language Medical Drama Premiering Feb. 26 (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/berlin-er-german-language-medical-drama-apple-1236193172/
‘Star City’: Rhys Ifans To Star In Apple TV+’s ‘For All Mankind’ Spinoff
(Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/star-city-rhys-ifans-apple-tv-for-all-mankind-spinoff-1236276829/
["Created by Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert and Ronald D. Moore, 'Star City'
is another alt-history retelling of the space race when the Soviet
Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time,
we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of
the cosmonauts, the engineers, and the intelligence officers embedded
among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to
propel humanity forward."]
Corey Stoll Latest To Join Apple’s ‘Matchbox’ Movie (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/matchbox-movie-adds-corey-stoll-apple-1236277044/
["All character details remain under wraps, as does the film’s plot.
Inspired by Mattel‘s die-cast toy vehicle line of the same name, the
project hails from Skydance and Mattel Films. Stoll is part of an
expanding cast that also includes Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah
Parris, Arturo Castro and Danai Gurira."]
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Streaming service news--Disney+
‘Vision’: Ruaridh Mollica Cast In Marvel Series For Disney+ (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/vision-ruaridh-mollica-tucker-marvel-disney-plus-1236280598/
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Streaming service news--Hulu
Sarah Michelle Gellar On Potential ‘Buffy’ Revival At Hulu: “We Will
Only Make This Show If We Know We Can Do It Right” (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/sarah-michelle-gellar-buffy-revival-series-hulu-1236280402/
‘How To Die Alone’ Canceled After One Season At Hulu (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/how-to-die-alone-canceled-1236278077/
‘Downforce’ Comedy Pilot Starring Eve Hewson & Murray Bartlett Not Going Forward At Hulu (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/downforce-comedy-pilot-eve-hewson-murray-bartlett-dead-hulu-1236277420/
‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar Nears
Hulu Pilot Order With Chloé Zhao Directing (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-reboot-sarah-michelle-gellar-hulu-pilot-chloe-zhao-1236273767/
["Beyond the pilot order, I hear the reboot is starting a writers room
soon, a sign that Hulu and the studios have high expectations for the
project going to series. It is unclear yet whether other original Buffy
cast members would return; that is considered likely. ... Buffy creator
Joss Whedon, who also wrote the 1992 movie the series was based on, has
no involvement in the reboot. He has not worked in Hollywood in any
official capacity since facing a slew of misconduct allegations in 2021."]
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Streaming service news--Netflix
Netflix’s Prince Documentary Will Not Be Released Amid New Deal With
Estate (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/netflix-prince-documentary-not-released-new-deal-estate-1236281023/
‘Sweet Magnolias’ EP On Season 4’s Shocking Death As Series Regular Cast Member Departs (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/sweet-magnolias-season-4-bill-dead-chris-klein-leaving-1236280862/
‘Sweet Magnolias’ Showrunner Explains Season 4 Surprise Time Jump &
Reset And That Second Maddie-Cal Bombshell (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/sweet-magnolias-season-4-premiere-recap-time-jump-wedding-1236275299/
Melissa Gilbert Says ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Reboot At Netflix “Will Do Things We Didn’t Get To Do So Easily In ’70s” (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/melissa-gilbert-little-house-on-the-prairie-reboot-reaction-1236280327/
Ben Affleck To Direct And Star In Kidnapping Thriller ‘Animals’ For Netflix, Gillian Anderson Also On Board (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/ben-affleck-animals-gillian-anderson-1236279135/
["Plot details are being kept under wraps other then the film revolving
around a kidnapping"]
Robert De Niro To Star In Crime Thriller ‘The Whisper Man’ From Netflix, AGBO And James Ashcroft (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/robert-de-niro-the-whisper-man-netflix-agbo-james-ashcroft-1236278627/
["Based on Alex North’s New York Times bestselling novel, 'The Whisper
Man' revolves around a widow crime writer who, after his 8-year-old son
is abducted, looks to his estranged father, a retired former police
detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old
case of a convicted serial killer known as 'The Whisper Man.'"]
‘The Empress’ Renewed For Third & Final Season At Netflix (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-empress-renewed-third-final-season-netflix-1236278931/
Netflix Thailand Unveils Series From ‘How To Make Millions Before
Grandma Dies’ Team & Feature Film Slate (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/netflix-thailand-2025-slate-series-films-1236277855/
Netflix Unveils Indonesian Originals Including Ernest Prakasa’s ‘The Actor’ & Zombie Film ‘The Elixir’ (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/netflix-indonesian-originals-ernest-prakasas-the-actor-the-elixir-zombie-film-1236278502/
‘The Lincoln Lawyer’: Constance Zimmer Joins Season 4 Of Netflix Series (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-lincoln-lawyer-constance-zimmer-season-4-dana-berg-1236277475/
Tyler Perry’s ‘Beauty In Black’ Unveils First-Look Part 2 Photos Ahead
Of Premiere (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/tyler-perrys-beauty-in-black-part-2-photos-premiere-date-trailer-1236276613/
["Created, directed, written and executive produced by Perry, 'Beauty in
Black' follows two women leading very different lives. While Kimmie
(Taylor Polidore Williams) is struggling to make a living after her
mother kicked her out, and Mallory (Crystle Stewart) is running a
successful business, they find themselves entangled in each other’s lives."]
Netflix Unveils ‘Physical: 100’ Spinoff ‘Physical: Asia’ As Part Of Korean Originals Slate For 2025 (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/netflix-physical-100-spinoff-korean-originals-slate-2025-1236276789/
‘The Sandman’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/feature/the-sandman-season-2-cast-everthing-we-know-1236004913/
Netflix Unveils India Originals Slate For 2025 Including ‘Dining With
The Kapoors’, ‘Akka’ & ‘The Ba***ds Of Bollywood’ (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/netflix-unveils-india-original-slate-2025-dining-with-the-kapoors-akka-bads-of-bollywood-1236276555/
‘Cobra Kai’ Sets Up Final Battle With Trailer & New Photos (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/cobra-kai-season-6-part-3-teaser-trailer-photos-1236273697/
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Streaming service news--Paramount+
‘Mayor Of Kingstown’: Edie Falco, Lennie James & Laura Benanti Join
Season 4 Of Paramount+ Series (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/mayor-of-kingstown-edie-falco-lennie-james-laura-benanti-season-4-1236280655/
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Streaming service news--Peacock
Peacock’s ‘The ‘Burbs’ Adds 5 To Cast Including Jack Whitehall (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/peacock-the-burbs-jack-whitehall-1236279510/
["Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple — with Keke Palmer playing the wife returning to the husband’s (Whitehall)
childhood home. Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next
door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly
threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood."]
Adrian Lester & Nicholas Podany Among 5 Cast In Peacock’s ‘PONIES’ Alongside Emilia Clarke (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/adrian-lester-nicholas-podany-ponies-1236278011/
["Set in Moscow in 1977, the series follows two PONIES (“persons of no interest” in intelligence speak) who work anonymously as secretaries in
the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under
mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA
operatives. Bea (Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of
Soviet immigrants. Alongside her cohort, Twila, they work to uncover a
vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in
the first place."]
‘Hysteria!’ Canceled By Peacock After One Season (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/hysteria-canceled-peacock-no-season-2-1236278525/
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Streaming service news--Prime Video
‘The Pradeeps Of Pittsburgh’ Canceled By Prime Video After One Season
(Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-pradeeps-of-pittsburgh-canceled-no-season-2-1236281933/
‘The Greatest’: Omari Hardwick & Dana Gourrier To Play Muhammad Ali’s Parents In Amazon Series (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-greatest-omari-hardwick-dana-gourrier-muhammad-ali-series-1236279151/
‘Spider-Noir’: Amy Aquino & Andrew Robinson Join Amazon’s Marvel Series (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/spider-noir-amy-aquino-andrew-robinson-1236278984/
["'Spider-Noir' tells the story of an aging and down-on-his-luck private investigator (Nicolas Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple
with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero."]
Zac Efron To Star Opposite Will Ferrell In New Comedy From Amazon MGM
Studios (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/zac-efron-will-ferrell-amazon-mgm-studios-1236275565/
["The new comedy follows a young convict (Efron) fresh out of prison who
takes a reality TV courtroom hostage blaming the megalomaniac TV judge (Ferrell) for a past ruling that the convict feels ruined his life."]
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Streaming service news--Other services
‘The Creep Tapes’ Renewed For Season 2 At Shudder (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/the-creep-tapes-renewed-season-2-shudder-1236280294/
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Ratings
‘Shifting Gears’ Leads Broadcast Comedies in 7-Day Audience, Bolstering ABC’s Primetime Lineup With Fellow Freshman Hit ‘High Potential’ (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/shifting-gears-high-potential-delayed-viewership-abc-1236281765/
‘Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’ Leads Strong Thursday Night Comedy Slate For CBS (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/georgie-and-mandys-first-marriage-cbs-thursday-night-comedy-ratings-1236281599/
‘Paradise’ Premiere Ratings Are In: Disney Says Dan Fogelman Drama Attracted 7 Million Eyeballs Globally (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/paradise-ratings-dan-fogelman-drama-hulu-disney-plus-1236279509/
‘Back In Action’ & ‘The Night Agent’ Continue To Top Netflix Charts; WWE
Claims 2 TV Spots With ‘Raw’ & ‘Royal Rumble’ (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/back-in-action-the-night-agent-raw-royal-rumble-netflix-ratings-1236278226/
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The business of TV
Fortune’s Fickle: Sony’s Bid For Control Of ‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Distribution From CBS Halted By Judge (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-distribution-judge-ruling-1236280386/
British TV’s International Co-Productions Plummeted Last Year,
Underscoring Panic About Funding Crisis (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/british-tv-co-productions-plummet-2024-1236280157/
British Film & High-End TV Spend Hit $7B In 2024 (Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/bfi-film-high-end-tv-spend-pre-covid-levels-baby-reindeer-1236280079/
Streaming Subscribers Gravitating Toward Ad Tiers, Samba TV Says; ‘The Penguin’ & ‘Landman’ Were Top Streaming Premieres In Second Half Of 2024
(Feb. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/streaming-subscribers-ad-tiers-samba-tv-report-landman-the-penguin-1236280369/
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says “Venu Basically Looked Redundant To Us” As
Other Skinny Bundles Emerged (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/disney-ceo-bob-iger-venu-sports-became-redundant-1236278864/
Bob Iger Won’t Rule Out Sale Of Smaller Networks As Cable Consolidates
But Says Disney’s Linear Business “Not A Burden At All” (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/disney-ceo-bob-iger-on-linear-cable-networks-ma-1236278757/
Investigation Discovery Is Making A Killing In True Crime (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/investigation-discovery-jason-sarlanis-interview-1236278306/
RIP Venu, But Lachlan Murdoch Says Fox Will Finally Launch Its Own DTC
Service This Year (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/fox-launch-general-streaming-service-this-year-1236277661/
Streamer Content Spend To Top Commercial Broadcasters For First Time In
2025 Report (Feb. 4)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/streamer-spend-commercial-broadcasters-ampere-analysis-1236276483/
["That is the forecast from the latest Ampere Analysis report, which
found that while the overall content spend of $248B will nudge up only
slightly in 2025, a landmark shift between SVoDs and commercial nets
that has been brewing for some time will take place. According to
Ampere, streamers will account for 39% of content spend in 2025,
swapping places with commercial broadcasters, who will comprise 37%. The
rest of the spend will be made up by public broadcasters (9%),
theatrical studios (8%) and pay-TV (7%)."]
The Rules Are No Game: CBS Slams Sony’s “Ineffective” ‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Distribution Grab Update (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/jeopardy-profits-lawsuit-cbs-sony-latest-1236276575/
Sports, Pets & Movies: Jason Sarlanis On T-Nets’ Unscripted Strategy, “There’s A Lot Of Hours To Fill” (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/jason-sarlanis-explains-tnets-unscripted-strategy-1236276710/
Paramount Global Renews Contract With Nielsen After 4-Month Dispute
(Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/paramount-global-renews-nielsen-contract-after-dispute-1236276830/
Starz And BET+ Bundle Up In New Prime Video Package (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/starz-bet-plus-streaming-bundle-prime-video-1236276649/
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Obituaries
Tony Roberts Dies: ‘Serpico’, ‘Annie Hall’ & Broadway Actor Was 85 (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/tony-roberts-dead-annie-hall-1236282338/
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Other News
Critics Choice Awards: ‘Anora’ Takes Best Picture; ‘Shogun’, ‘Hacks’,
‘Baby Reindeer’ Lead TV Full Winners List (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/critics-choice-awards-winners-2025-1236281548/
Kathy Bates Says Her Critics Choice Award For ‘Matlock’ Also Represents
A Win For Broadcast TV: “It’s A Big Deal” (Feb. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/kathy-bates-critics-choice-award-matlock-cbs-1236282463/
Shondaland’s Betsy Beers On ‘Bridgerton’ Season 4, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’,
‘The Residence’, Shooting In LA & Expanding Into Non-Fiction (Feb. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/shondaland-betsy-beers-bridgerton-greys-anatomy-1236279427/
Neil Gaiman Hit With Rape & Human Trafficking Suits After Months Of Allegations; Estranged Spouse Amanda Palmer Also Named In Multi-State
Filings (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/neil-gaiman-rape-lawsuits-amanda-palmer-filings-1236277339/
Amy Schumer To Open SeriesFest (Feb. 3)
https://deadline.com/2025/02/amy-schumer-seriesfest-1236276269/
[SeriesFest runs from April 29 to May 4 in Denver]
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