
A+E Global Media’s Reinvention Push Kicks Off the 2026 Upfronts
The company announced a boldface name-stuffed programming slate and a new branded content studio, while also inking deals with creators in specific genres to expand its reach.
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The company announced a boldface name-stuffed programming slate and a new branded content studio, while also inking deals with creators in specific genres to expand its reach.

A+E Global Networks expects to launch a handful of new digital series while continuing to make the programming for outlets like Lifetime, History and A&E for which it is best known. The company, controlled by Disney and Hearst, has also struck new pacts between Lifetime and Queen Latifah and Taraji

A+E Global Media wants to ramp up the work it does to help advertisers create bespoke content for its media properties. The company, jointly controlled by Disney and Hearst, is launching Storyground, a studio that aims to help advertisers create bespoke content for A+E outlets that could include His

Disney’s chief marketing and brand officer Asad Ayaz shares his thoughts with THR as the Oscar-nominated movie winds down its history-making run at the global box office.

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The Emmy-winning comedy continues to perform well, particularly on streaming.

Kaley Cuoco is the latest cast member to join the HBO Max drama pilot “How to Survive Without Me,” Variety has learned. Cuoco joins previously announced stars Ray Romano and Joshua Jackson in the pilot, which hails from writers Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran with a story by Berlanti, Doran, and Robbie

“Abbott Elementary” has been renewed for Season 6 at ABC, the network announced Wednesday. The news comes on the same day the show resumes its fifth season, with a new episode set to air tonight at 8:30 p.m. ET on the broadcast network. Season 5 originally premiered on Oct. 1. “Abbott Elementary” ha

“The Crown,” “Slow Horses,” “Game of Thrones,” “Baby Reindeer,” “Hamnet” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” have one thing in common: casting director Nina Gold. Last month, she landed her first Oscar nomination for “Hamnet” after the Academy introduced the best casting category. For years, Gold has wor

Barbra Streisand is in talks to perform at the Oscars in tribute to her “The Way We Were” co-star Robert Redford. Streisand is in conversations to sing during the In Memoriam segment of the ceremony, according to sources. Details are still being discussed. It has not been decided if the In Memoriam

As the new reality set in, the questions multiplied. Paramount Skydance shocked the entertainment industry on Feb. 26 with the news that it had reached an agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, muscling aside Netflix to pull off the kind of come-from-behind victory that is usually the stuff of

2026 kicked off with Paramount+’s “Landman” leading the TV total viewer tally for the first five weeks of the year, with ABC’s “High Potential” close behind. With CBS’ main shows on hiatus at the start of the year, ABC led January with the most series in the top 20 (eight, also including “Will Trent

The anchor came to terms with the network to remain on the show.

As March rolled in, awards season was in full bloom. The month kicked off with the 32nd annual Actor Awards, where “Sinners” star Wunmi Mosaku stunned in a bright red Louis Vuitton gown. Other fashion highlights included Kate Aimee Lou Wood in Versace and Timothée Chalamet in Prada, among many other

Amazon-MGM's entire 156-minute, big-budget sci-fi gamble was shot without any green (or blue) screen, Christopher Miller says.

Gayle King will stay with “CBS Mornings” for the foreseeable future as part of a new deal she has signed with CBS News, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal previously reported on King’s renewal of her deal with the Paramount Skydance unit. “Rumors of my demise wer

“Vikings,” “Raised by Wolves” and “Dune: Prophecy” star Travis Fimmel will reprise his role as troubled Detective James Cormack in “Black Snow” Season 3, the Stan Original which returns to Queensland for another cold case, filming from April in Cairns. “Boy Swallows Universe” breakout actor Lee Tige

“Miss Scarlet” has been renewed for a seventh and final season at Masterpiece PBS. Featuring “Wolf Hall” star Kate Phillips as the titular Eliza Scarlet, it has been following Victorian London’s first female private investigator since it first debuted in 2021on Masterpiece Mystery! “What a journey t

Keke Palmer harbors a touch of jealousy toward her 3-year-old son. Leodis Jackson leads a charmed little life. He spent a chunk of last fall in Australia, following his mom around the set of “Spaceballs 2.” At Leodis’ birthday party last month, Raven-Symoné and Vic Mensa were among the high-profile

Radial Entertainment, which was formed last year through the union of FilmRise and Shout Factory, has acquired the library of New Dominion Pictures, home of enduring nonfiction TV series including “The FBI Files,” “The New Detectives” and “A Haunting.” The deal brings 600 hours of TV programs to the

The HBO hit cast a trio of actors from shows such as 'Westworld' and 'Alien: Earth' in the fantasy drama's second season.

The former mogul will face the retrial with a new legal team of Jacob Kaplan, who represents Luigi Mangione in his state murder case, as well as Diddy lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos.