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Why The CW Is Expanding Into Saturday Nights While Most Broadcasts Networks Are in Retreat
CW chief cites opportunity “to increase our linear reach” and says affiliates were quickly on board
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Streaming Rules, Dick Wolf Doesn’t Sleep and 8 Other Things We Learned From 2021 Upfronts
See you (in person?) next year
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Jesse Plemons to Star Opposite Elizabeth Olsen in HBO Max’s ‘Love and Death’
The “Judas and the Black Messiah” actor will play Allan Gore
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‘All American’ HBCU Spinoff, Ava DuVernay’s ‘Naomi’ Picked Up at The CW
“Powerpuff” live-action series to get reworked, “Nancy Drew” spinoff “Tom Swift” remains in contention
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‘Bull’ Showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron Out at CBS
Co-star Freddy Rodriguez is also leaving the procedural drama
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How Streaming Crashed the Upfronts
“Digital is no longer a nice to have, it’s a must-have,” ViacomCBS ad sales chief Jo Ann Ross told TheWrap
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Discovery CEO David Zaslav Got $190 Million in Stock Options in New Contract
Highly paid CEO gets even more highly paid
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‘Wheel of Time’ Gets Early Season 2 Renewal by Amazon
Fantasy series starring Rosamund Pike just wrapped production on Season 1
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Why Broadcast TV Is Betting Big on Franchises Like ‘NCIS,’ ‘Law & Order’ and ‘CSI’
“If you look across the landscape, especially on broadcast TV, it’s very clear what’s working,” CBS entertainment president Kelly Kahl tells TheWrap
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HBO Max Sets Launch, Price for Ad-Supported Version
It will cost $9.99 and have the lightest ad load among all ad-supported streaming services
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Batman and Superman Each Get Animated Series at HBO Max and Cartoon Network
“Batman: Caped Crusader” will be executive produced by Bruce Timm, who co-created the celebrated ’90s-era cartoon
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CBS Fall Schedule 2021: ‘NCIS’ Moved to Mondays, All-‘FBI’ Lineup Set for Tuesdays
New comedy “Ghosts” gets “Mom’s” old time slot on Thursdays, while “CSI” returns to Wednesdays
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How Nostalgia and True-Crime Craze Led to ‘CSI’ Revival
Crime-solving technology “has advanced leaps and bounds since the show went off the air,” CBS entertainment chief Kelly Kahl told TheWrap
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