YouTube dropping plans for premium originals, going ad-supported in 2019
by YouTube is pivoting away from both original programming and premium subscription services. Sounds like a bad thing. And yet. Even though you shouldn’t be pitching …
Category: TV
SAG-AFTRA approves new animation contract through 2020
As animation and voiceover work becomes ever more commonplace among mainstream TV and movie fare, it’s more necessary to work out fair labor contracts. SAG-AFTRA …
This week in TV development
This week in TV development, we’re taking you around the dial and down the streaming services to get you all caught up. In alphabetical order …
Watch Julia Louis-Dreyfus accept her Mark Twain Prize
It’s fitting that the best and only part of this year’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony that you really need to watch is Julia Louis-Dreyfus herself …
Emily Heller on The Late Late Show with James Corden
Emily Heller got married! Heller explains why in this performance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, the origins and nature of her relationship …
Daniel Simonsen on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Daniel Simonsen is from Norway, in case you’re wondering about his accent. On this performance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, Simonsen lets us know …
Samantha Bee to present “Christmas on I.C.E.” TBS holiday comedy special
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will put on its first holiday special, Christmas on I.C.E., for TBS this December. Bee will be joined at New …
Syfy orders animated version of Weekend Update called Alien News Desk
Here’s an interesting development for fans/followers of Saturday Night Live. SNL’s Weekend Update is reproducing! More specifically, the people who write and produce Weekend Update …
Jimmy Kimmel launches new production shingle, Kimmelot
Take off, Jackhole. While Jimmy Kimmel will remain a partner in the studio he co-founded with Adam Carolla and Daniel Kellison before launching The Man …
Graham Kay on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Graham Kay is a Canadian comedian who made his U.S. network TV debut on Friday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Kay already …