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Melody Thomas Scott, who has played Nikki Newman on “The Young and the Restless” for the past 40 years, tells us that returning to set two weeks ago was “kind of like stepping into ‘The Twilight Zone.’” The long-running soap opera — the second daytime drama to resume filming since production was shut down due …
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CBS’ late-night talk shows “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” and “The Late Late Show With James Corden” are returning to the studio. The shows have been filming remotely since the COVID-19 production shutdown in March but will return to some level of normality from next week. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish revealed the news on …
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ViacomCBS, home of “Survivor” and MTV, saw a 12-percent slump in sales last quarter as the coronavirus pandemic sent ad sales down 27 percent. The declines were offset, however, by growth in the media company’s streaming business, which saw revenues rise 25 percent as more consumers hunkered down at home during the pandemic. Despite the …
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Judge Judy Sheindlin is putting her money where her mouth is, literally. Sheindlin — who makes $47 million a year, and is ending her blockbuster run on “Judge Judy” after 25 seasons this year — has been hit with a lawsuit by Rebel Entertainment Partners alleging that she stiffed the company out of profits when …
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Former Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz is planning to sue ViacomCBS and the producers of “The Good Fight” after the legal drama called him a “shyster” and implied he had participated in illicit sexual conduct during the season four finale on the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a report. On July 17th, Dershowitz’s lawyers sent …
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EXCLUSIVE: Two of America’s longest-running gameshows, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” are heading back to the studio. Both shows were hit by the COVID-19 production shutdown but Deadline understands that both syndicated shows, which come from Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Distribution, are set to start filming this week and next. There will, however, …
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Season 3 of “Star Trek: Discovery” will beam to CBS All Access on Oct. 15, the network announced on Monday. The franchise installment, which stars Sonequa Martin-Green as redeemed Commander Michael Burnham, will head into previously uncharted territory: Namely, a starship and crew launched into a timeline 930 years into the future. When the second …
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“Love Island” is moving from Fiji to Las Vegas thanks to COVID-19. The CBS reality series has reportedly started pre-production at Caesars-owned hotel Cromwell, according to Vulture, which broke the news. It’s thought that production will likely be up and running in August – meaning that along with “Big Brother,” CBS could have two of …
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“MacGyver” star Lucas Till says that showrunner Peter Lenkov’s abusive behavior on set led him to consider taking his own life. In a new Vanity Fair article, 30 sources including Till recounted their experiences with the “Magnum P.I.” and “Hawaii Five-O” showrunner, who was fired by CBS earlier this month amid claims he created a …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs offered Nick Cannon a job on his Revolt TV network — just hours after Cannon was fired by ViacomCBS Wednesday for making anti-Semitic remarks. “@NickCannon come home to @REVOLTTV truly BLACK OWNED!!!” the hip-hop mogul tweeted on Wednesday alongside a fist and heart emoji. “We got your back and love you and …
Melody Thomas Scott, who has played Nikki Newman on “The Young and the Restless” for the past 40 years, tells us that returning to set two weeks ago was “kind of like stepping into ‘The Twilight Zone.’” The long-running soap opera — the second daytime drama to resume filming since production was shut down due …
