Monday, Feb. 14, 2022

Jabari Banks knew he was close to getting the starring role of Will in " Bel-Air," the dramatic take of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," but his confidence started to wane when he was asked to do one more Zoom audition with show director Morgan Cooper. 

"I'm like, 'I don't know what he...

Monday, Jan. 10, 2022

Isla Fisher's character in the new genre-bending series "Wolf Like Me" is a romantic catch. Kind of.

She speaks four languages, makes cheese and pottery and is good at close-up magic. On the other hand, she can be distant and absolutely beastly. Oh, that reminds us: She has a pretty big...

Friday, Jul. 2, 2021

Cinematographer Ross Riege finds himself in the current awards season conversation for his lensing of two shows: Rutherford Falls (Peacock), a comedy with a serious undercurrent; and The Walking Dead: World Beyond (AMC), a drama/horror thriller that lends a new perspective to ...

Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021

In Sierra Teller Ornelas' family, those who could spin a good tale earned a seat at her grandmom's expansive dining table, with lesser voices banished to the living room.

"There was the feeling of holding court that was really big in my family," said Teller Ornelas, who happily recalled...

Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2020

Harry Belafonte made history in early 1968. But it was lost to history.

While the Vietnam War was raging and civil unrest was convulsing American cities, TV talk show host Johnny Carson did something special: He stepped away from "The Tonight Show" perch for a week.

Then something...

Thursday, Jul. 30, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on Comcast in the second quarter as movie theaters closed, theme parks shut down and advertisers cut back. 

The company reported Thursday that its NBCUniversal TV, film and theme park divisions, as well as its Sky unit in Europe, all suffered steep...

Monday, Jul. 13, 2020

Peacock is joining the streaming world with a few feathers plucked from its intended array of original programs.

Amid a stubborn, industry-wide production halt forced by the coronavirus, Peacock subscribers have to wait for a reimagined "Battlestar Galactica," the podcast-based "Dr. Death...

Friday, Jun. 12, 2020

From quick bites of programming on the ambitious Quibi platform--championed by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman--to original and classic content spanning features, TV series and documentaries on the just rolled out HBO Max, streaming has launched into the marketplace in a big way as of late...

Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020

Paying subscribers of NBCUniversal's upcoming Peacock streaming service will get Premier League soccer matches unavailable on TV and late-night shows from Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers a few hours early.

They'll also get original videos and episodes of returning broadcast series the day...

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