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Animated kids flick “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” will bypass movie theaters and instead debut on premium video-on-demand early next year. The upcoming release from Paramount and Nickelodeon earlier had been slated to hit the silver screen on Aug. 7, and was among the first batch of Hollywood movies scheduled to play in …

The Age of Reason, as Thomas Paine penned it, was in the late 1790s. Today, we are immersed in the Age of No Good Reason. Last month ViacomCBS began layoffs of 450 employees from all parts of the company. I know a few of the victims, solid news and sports folks now sweating rent while …

A&E has decided not to run new episodes of “Live PD” this Friday and Saturday, while Paramount Network has delayed the Season 33 launch of “Cops,” the long-running reality series that was scheduled to return on Monday. The decision to hold “Live PD” and “Cops” comes as protests over police brutality continue across the nation …

John Krasinski didn’t “sell out,” he says. He just sold a TV show concept to a billion-dollar company. The actor/director, 40, took heat on social media last week after fans discovered that his feel-good YouTube show “Some Good News” had been sold to ViacomCBS for an undisclosed sum of money. It was reported that the …

ViacomCBS is slashing an additional 400 jobs as the broadcasting giant continues to search for cost savings from last year’s merger of CBS and Viacom even as it struggles to shore up losses from the coronavirus pandemic. The layoffs, which kicked off this week, primarily took place at CBS’ entertainment, news, studio, sports and local …

It’s decidedly bad news for John Krasinski’s squeaky clean reputation. Ever since news broke that the “Quiet Place” star had agreed to sell his positive story broadcast “Some Good News,” which he developed for YouTube in March, critics have descended on social media to call out the 40-year-old actor/director for “selling out.” Krasinski launched the …

Some good news for John Krasinski. “The Office” star, most recently known for his YouTube series “Some Good News,” has licensed the viral show to ViacomCBS. Although it’s unknown exactly how big of a payday this is for 40-year-old Krasinski, it’s probably hefty: The Hollywood Reporter describes it as a “rich” licensing deal and there …

President Trump blasted “CBS Evening News” host Norah O’Donnell as a “third place anchor” after she interviewed a coronavirus whistleblower for a “60 Minutes” segment that was critical of the White House. In a Twitter rant late Sunday, Trump said O’Donnell and “60 Minutes” were “doing everything in their power to demean our Country, much to …

ViacomCBS delivered a narrower-than-expected profit drop despite the cancellation of the NCAA “March Madness” men’s basketball championship that had been slated to air on CBS. The New York-based media giant — which also owns the Paramount movie studio and cable channels Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV — saw sharp gains in its streaming-video business, as house-bound …

ViacomCBS has unleashed a fresh round of layoffs in the ongoing integration of Viacom and CBS, whose merger created the company in December. ViacomCBS Chief Executive Bob Bakish sent an e-mail to staff Wednesday after handing out pink slips that may have hit more than 100 workers, according to a source. The news pushed shares …