Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Some of the most interesting moments from AMC Global Media in months to come won’t be available on traditional screens The company that owns AMC, IFC, HiDive and other properties is accele…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Any viewer watching a few hours of TV or streaming video every day is likely to come across a dizzying array of commercials, loaded up with different characters, special effects, crazy antic…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 13, 2026
Kate Hudson has worked with actors including Hugh Jackman, Billy Crudup and Matthew McConaughey, but says the cast of her scripted Netflix series "Running Point" really took to the appearanc…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 12, 2026
And the Oscar goes to….Madison Avenue. Disney has sold out all its available commercial inventory tied to its March 15 Oscars telecast, according to John Campbell, senior vice president of…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Roy Wood Jr. doesn't sound like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper or Erin Burnett. And yet, his importance to CNN could start approaching that of those popular anchors. Wood isn't at CNN to deliv…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 8, 2026
Ben Affleck's latest Super Bowl commercial for Dunkin' serves up a lot more than coffee and doughnuts. Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Jason Alexander. Ted Danson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jaleel Wh…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 5, 2026
Marcello Hernandez is taking some of the energy he displays regularly on "Saturday Night Live" and lending it to Wells Fargo. In a new campaign from the financial-services company that will …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
New York Public Radio has named Christy Tanner president and CEO, giving her oversight of WNYC, WQXR, WNYC Studios, Gothamist, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, and New Jersey Public R…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Hellmann's is hoping a healthy does of silliness will help its Super Bowl recipe. The Unilever-backed mayo is a Super Bowl regular, and in the past has tapped themes such as sustainability a…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:15AM[SHARE]Friday, January 16, 2026
The Oscars haven't sold out yet, but Disney is moving closer to that milestone. "We are definitely pacing ahead of where we were last year," says Rita Ferro, president of global advertising …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 8, 2026
Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns " all doing spectacular feats. Now the company is attempting to execute an even more complex maneuver. Â Aft…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:23PM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2025
Walton Goggins has played complex characters in series including "The Shield" and "Justified." Now he's hoping his latest nuanced performance will help an unexpected beneficiary: Walmart. Go…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:01AM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2025
Paramount didn't want to keep Stephen Colbert at CBS, but the company has signed Jon Stewart for another year of hosting "The Daily Show" once per week on Comedy Central. Stewart will contin…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Joe Torre, the longstanding Major League Baseball player, manager and executive, gets center spotlight in a new documentary directed by John Turturro and produced by Motto Pictures. "Joe Tor…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 12, 2025
Ken Aymong, one of a handful of key lieutenants to executive producer Lorne Michaels at NBC's "Saturday Night Live," made surprise cameos on the program's latest two episodes " in the credit…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:13PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 5, 2025
NBC has the past several weeks detailed many changes at "Saturday Night Live," particularly among the show's cast. But one of the most important shifts at the program has gone undisclosed " …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:51PM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2025
One of the most important guests in the history of NBC's "Tonight Show" isn't a movie or TV star and probably won't play any games on set with the host. Ford Motor Co. will have a hard-to-mi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]Friday, September 5, 2025
Jimmy Fallon will take NBC's "Tonight Show" to Detroit for a special episode, one of a handful of non-traditional broadcasts of the program he is undertaking in the fall. The late-night host…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, August 31, 2025
At "Saturday Night Live," there's drama before you get to the comedy. Every year at about this time, credulous observers of the venerable late-night NBC showcase get flustered by a series of…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Emil Wakim, who held a featured player role at NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for a single season, is leaving the late-night showcase, he disclosed in a statement on social media Wednesday. "I …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:59AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2025
 SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents actors, hosts, broadcasters and more, said it had renewed its deal with measurement giant Nielsen that will have the company stand as its primary arb…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Peter Rice, a media-industry veteran who held senior operating roles at both the former 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney Co., is walking on to a new field " sports. Rice has been named head …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 12, 2025
"SNL" fans know Mikey Day as the guy who turns up in a bunch of sketches every week, maybe as the father who gets into traffic arguments that require lots of hand gestures and signs or in a …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 27, 2025
One of the most coveted jobs in television is quickly becoming one of the hardest to keep filled. Taylor Tomlinson is the latest participant in a lengthening parade of comics and talk-show h…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19PM[SHARE]Friday, February 28, 2025
The Oscars is not just a TV event for the company working to sell the commercials that support it. With the annual awards show slated to stream live on Hulu for the first time, alongside its…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Disney thinks an emerging suite of so-called "skinny bundles" serves as a better way to make ESPN available to cord-cutters than Venu, a now-scuttled streaming sports joint venture with Warn…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 30, 2025
Comcast said fourth quarter profit surged as the company saw good results at its mobile business, at the box office and at its Peacock streaming hub. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia cable-and-en…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:29AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 23, 2025
Katie Feeney, a social-media influencer who works with many sports leagues and media companies, has signed with CAA for representation. Feeney, who worked as the first official social media …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Stephen Colbert has, nearly every weeknight for the past 15 months, led the nation's most-watched late-night show without many of the trappings viewers have come to expect. He's had no live …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22AM[SHARE]Monday, June 14, 2021
Madison Avenue's interest in digital ads, sports and new concepts tied to bolstering messages of diversity helped Disney close a fast-paced upfront that saw more than 40% of total dollars co…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:21PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 3, 2021
At least three of the nation's big media companies are writing deals in an upfront ad-sales market that is moving more rapidly than in years past. Disney, NBCUniversal and Fox have all begun…
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