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The long-awaited restructuring of Disney Entertainment Television under new Chairman Debra OConnell is starting to get real. As reported on Monday, Disney has initiated the next round of company-wide layoffs by handing managers targets for the size of the cuts they need to make, with some asked to achieve as much as 20% in annual

Editor’s Note: November is National American Indian Heritage Month. The Department of the Interior’s Indian Affairs Office’s theme for 2026 is 250 Years and Beyond: Building a culture of service in Indian Country. In that context, filmmaker and TV writer Billy Luther puts his own sense of himself, his culture and his heritage in the

SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from tonight’s episode of NBC‘s Chicago Fire. NBC’s Chicago Fire celebrated its landmark 300th episode tonight, and it was bittersweet. While there was a lot to celebrate, it also marked Day 1’er Joe Miñoso’s final episode in the firefighter drama after 14+ years portraying the beloved Joe

Netflix has slotted Tuesday, December 1 for the premiere of Trinity, its upcoming eight-episode drama series starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Richard Madden. The streamer also released several first-look images (see below) and the first trailer, which you can see above. Written by Jed Mercurio, Trinity revolves around a heroic female naval officer (Mbatha-Raw) becomes involved

Almost a month into Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery into Skydance, pieces are still coming together, and there is probably no area with more pieces to sort out than Skydance’s Direct to Consumer. With the content operations of Paramount+ and HBO/HBO Max combined under Casey Bloys, now Co-Chair and Chief Content Officer, Skydance DTC,

A well-known British man has lost his bid for an injunction against ITN and The Guardian to prevent the media outlets from publishing allegations of sexual misconduct. In a High Court judgment, the star’s claim for an injunction was denied, but a temporary order preventing the man (known as PPT in court proceedings) from being

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Disney Night on Dancing with the Stars. It’s hard to believe, but the Dancing with the Stars Season 35 contestants are in the final stretch of the competition. Week 8 is upon us, and not only is it Disney Night in the ballroom, but we’ve also arrived at

As his mega-pastor comedy series Collect & Praise readies for a December launch, influencer comedian Druski is doubling down on his relationship with Netflix. The streamer has struck a multi-year deal with Druski and his 4Lifers Entertainment shingle to develop and produce original series. Deadline understands that the deal includes a certain number of projects

As Criminal Minds: Evolution heads into its 20th and final season, the cast of the Paramount+ procedural is reacting to its cancellation. Following the news of the series’ pending conclusion, Paget Brewster, AJ Cook, Kirsten Vangness and RJ Hatanaka were among the show’s stars to share their reactions on social media to the show ending

As Gracie Abrams celebrated Halloween with Saturday Night Live, she gave viewers a 2-for-1 costume special during her performances. The 2x Grammy nominee channeled Baz Luhrmann‘s Romeo + Juliet (1996) as she serenaded the Studio 8H live audience, dressing as Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes’ doomed lovers from the ultra-stylized adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Although he plays a largely indestructible AI in VisionQuest, Paul Bettany still had to contend with human limitations while bringing the character to life. The actor, who reprises his MCU role as Vision in the Disney+ series that airs its Season 1 finale on Nov. 10, revealed that he “blew out about 10 blood vessels”

Alex Edelman, the comedian and actor who won an Emmy for his 2024 HBO/Max special Just For Us and a special Tony for the original Broadway staging, laments what is effectively the loss to comics of a newly politicized Kennedy Center. “For me and the performers I know, it doesn’t make sense to play the

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SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the two-part Halloween special for CBS‘ Ghosts. More ghosts from Hetty Woodstone’s (Rebecca Wisocky) past come back to haunt her in Thursday’s Ghosts Halloween special, which finally introduces audiences to her mustachioed and estranged sister Margaret (Maria Thayer). She arrives at Woodstone when Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) replaces a

“Do you know what? I’m gonna live my truth!” exclaims Ella Purnell‘s Rhiannon Lewis… The only issue there is her truth often involves murder. A full trailer for Sweetpea Season 2 has now dropped along with some new images. Wallflower-turned-killer Rhiannon returns in Sky and Starz‘s darkly comic thriller series. The action picks up after

After the Milwaukee Brewers clinched the first World Series title in the 57-year history of the franchise Wednesday night, Fox Sports paid tribute to late announcer Bob Uecker in a video imagining him calling the milestone. “As Ueck looks down from above, proud of his boys, we thought, ‘What would this title run have sounded

After that explosive season four finale, The Diplomat will be back for a fifth season. Netflix has renewed the Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell-led political thriller for Season 5, two weeks after its season four drop. The fourth season, which heavily featured Allison Janney, who plays President Grace Penn, and Bradley Whitford, who plays her