The Deadline Team

Television content is booming. According to Nielsen's most recent State of Play report, between February 2021 and February 2022 more than three-quarters of a million TV shows can now be watched on streaming and traditional television platforms. That makes the feat of capturing an Emmy nomination all the more…

UPDATED with memo from MRC leaders: Eldridge and MRC said today that they have completed the separation of combined media assets. MRC, led by founders and co-CEOs Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, will retain and control its existing operations as the leading independent studio, with three divisions: Film, Television and…

Liz Shackleton has joined Deadline as Contributing Editor, Asia, based in Hong Kong. Shackleton joins Deadline's growing international team after almost three decades at UK trade Screen International, where she served as Asia Editor for more than 15 years. Shackleton is known as one of the most respected trade…

Former trade editor and journalist Elspeth Tavares has passed away peacefully at her home in London following a short illness. Tavares was the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Business of Film, an independent film industry trade publication founded in 1980. Educated in London, she began her career in…

ABC’s primetime telecast of the 2022 NBA Draft notched a 0.3 rating in the adults 18-49 demo Thursday, while a repeat of Young Sheldon on CBS was the night’s highest-rated scripted show. According to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen, 1.77 million viewers tuned into the draft on ABC, which carried the first round…

Melanie Goodfellow has joined Deadline as Senior International Film Correspondent based in London. Goodfellow joins Deadline's growing international team from UK trade Screen International, where she was most recently Senior Correspondent, Europe & Middle East. Goodfellow worked at Screen for more than a decade…

A pair of reruns of 60 Minutes helped CBS to dominate Sunday in total viewers in broadcast primetime, while repeats of America’s Funniest Home Videos and Celebrity Family Feud kept ABC in the 18-49 winners circle. The only new programming Sunday was a fresh episode of Duncanville (0.1 rating in adults 18-49, 520,000…

As part of its current push into gaming, Netflix unveiled several new title during the final day of its 2022 Geeked Week. They included games based on popular Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, La Casa De Papel, Shadow And Bone and Too Hot To Handle. They follow in the footsteps of Stranger Things as the mega hit…

A recent Nielsen poll found that 87% of respondents are "interested in seeing more content featuring people from outside their identity group." To that end, a new study shows how the behind-the-scenes landscape is affecting content desired by audiences and advertisers alike. The Think Tank for Inclusion and Equity — a…

Deadline has launched the streaming site for its second annual Sound & Screen, an award-season composer showcase of original music for television. Click here to launch the streaming site. The event May 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall featured a 50-person orchestra spotlighting the music from composers Daniel Pemberton, Sean…

Editor's note: The Deadline Watchlist is a feature spotlighting small-screen specials, events and can't-miss episodes of ongoing series each week. 1. NFL Draft 2022: "And with the first pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, the Jacksonville Jaguars select…" If you're interested in how Commissioner Roger Goodell will finish…

Sound & Screen, Deadline’s inaugural live concert showcasing the composers, music supervisors and songwriters behind the music of television’s buzziest shows, has set the lineup for its in-person event May 5 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The free-to-attend evening will feature a 50-piece orchestra performing songs from 12…