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Netflix Orders Comedy Inspired by LA Lakers Front Office
Lakers president Jeanie Buss will executive produce the series with Mindy Kaling
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Chris Harrison Got $10 Million From ABC to Leave ‘The Bachelor’
Harrison’s exit settlement was $9 million, with the rest made up of remaining contractual fees, according to Variety
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Christina Davis, Starz’s President of Original Programming, Steps Down
Davis exits after a little more than a year on the job
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‘WandaVision’: How Kathryn Hahn’s Short-Lived Trapeze Career Paid Unexpected Dividends
TheWrap awards magazine: Hahn’s biggest “nightmare” was not spilling the beans on the Agnes/Agatha secret: “I have no poker face”
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CBS News Digital GM Christy Tanner Exits
Tanner played a big role in the launch of streaming network CBSN
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Peter Jackson’s Beatles Doc ‘Get Back’ to Skip Theaters, Expand to 3-Episode Docuseries on Disney+
The six-hour documentary will now debut over Thanksgiving weekend
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Disney Nears $22 Million Deal for Country Music Association Awards (Exclusive)
The pricey renewal includes programming on ABC, Hulu and Disney+
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Amazon Studios Lays Out Diversity Guidelines With Inclusion Playbook
The Playbook sets hiring, casting and staffing guidelines
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Disney+ Moves All Original Series to Wednesdays
Movies like Pixar’s “Luca” will continue to debut on Fridays
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‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Series With Luke Evans and Josh Gad a Go at Disney+
Briana Middleton will come aboard to play LeFou’s stepsister, Tilly
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CBS Balks at Airing 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards Over $22 Million Asking Price, Declining Ratings (Exclusive)
Dick Clark Productions is shopping the show to NBC as part of a deal to renegotiate the troubled Golden Globes, TheWrap has learned
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Monica Lewinsky Signs First-Look Deal With 20th TV
Lewinsky is already set as a producer on 20th’s upcoming “Impeachment” limited series for FX
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‘Friends’ Reunion Drew More HBO Max Sign-Ups Than Any 2021 Warner Bros. Film Debut
Most of the new subscribers were women, according to Antenna data
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Netflix Orders ‘Far Cry’ and ‘Captain Laserhawk’ Anime Series
Both projects are based on Ubisoft’s first-person shooter game franchise
