Audiences are revisiting the film adaptation of J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy after the author was named as former President Donald Trump’s running mate in the upcoming presidential election. Viewership of the film on Netflix grew 1,180% to 19.2M minutes watched on July 15, according to data…

The Daily Show has figured out its plans for the week after having to pivot from its original plan. The Comedy Central show was set to have a week of shows from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee but after the shooting at the Trump rally over the weekend, shifted its…

Global entertainment and media advertising is projected to top $1 trillion in 2026 and, by 2028, will double where it was in 2020. Growth will be fueled by an explosion in Internet advertising, which looks set to generate 77% of total ad spend in five years, and about 30% of streaming revenue, according…

UPDATE, July 16: Whoopi Goldberg was back in her moderator’s seat at The View today, returning after she missed last Thursday’s and Monday’s episodes after testing positive for Covid. Goldberg, who had her usual Friday off last week, made no mention today of her latest bout with the coronavirus…

EXCLUSIVE: Descendants: The Rise of Red broke a record in its debut on Disney+. With 6.7M views in its first three days of streaming, the film is now Disney Branded Television’s most-viewed DCOM premiere ever on the streamer, according to Disney. This is a fairly big number for any Disney+…

Colin Firth has boarded Young Sherlock, Prime Video's new series from Guy Ritchie, which tells the origin story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved detective. He joins previously cast Hero Fiennes, Zine Tseng, Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone. Written by Matthew Parkhill inspired by Andy Lane's Yo…

Paramount Global is expanding its existing partnership with Ice Cube and his production company Cube Vision. Under the first look deal for television, Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz, COO of Cube Vision and Cube's producing partner, will develop and executive produce projects for broadcast, cable and…

All future Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals will be policed by a member of production staff following a duo of high-profile complaints that has seen two dancers exit the show. The BBC and producer BBC Studios are bringing in new measures to avoid a repeat of the complaints, with two dedicated…

Late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert opened their shows Monday night with somber monologues following the attempted assassination Saturday of Donald Trump, while Jimmy Fallon avoided the topic. Meyers began his monologue saying he would get to the jokes shortly, but first wanted to…

Love Island producer Lifted Entertainment is making layoffs. We are told that between 15 and 20 roles at the ITV Studios-owned production outfit are at risk of redundancy and a consultation has started. The number represents around 10% of the circa-160-staff Lifted Entertainment operation. Run…

BET Media Group has launched two Tyler Perry FAST (free, ad-supported television) channels for comedy and drama series. Back-to-back episodes of BET original Tyler Perry series on BET Tyler Perry Comedy and BET Tyler Perry Drama FAST channels are now available for the first time, featuring over 600…

"Now I am ready to become a god," says Anthony Hopkins as the Emperor Vespasian in the Roland Emmerich-directed Those About to Die. Of course, as ruler of Rome in the year 79 CE, the victor of the infamous Year of the Four Emperors was for all practical purposes a god on Earth. Which makes the…