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‘SNL’ to Return to 30 Rock Studio for Season 46 Premiere
Late-night sketch series will be back in October
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Streaming TV Shows Have ‘Substantially More’ Female Protagonists Than Broadcast or Cable, New Study Finds
Latest “Boxed In” study by SDSU’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film notes nearly half of streaming shows (42%) were told from a female perspective
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With College Football Diluted and Broadcast Shows Delayed, TV’s Fall Season Rides on the NFL
Pro football remains the hottest ticket for advertisers, who spent $5 billion on NFL games last year
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Robin Thede to Judge Dog-Grooming Competition for HBO Max
Matt Rogers will host “Haute Dog” for WarnerMedia streaming service
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Bonnie Hammer to Replace Ron Meyer as NBCU Vice Chair, Pearlena Igbokwe to Run TV Studio Group
Meyer abruptly resigned last month after disclosing affair with actress Charlotte Kirk
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Netflix Signs ‘Girlfriends’ Creator Mara Brock Akil to Development Deal
Akil will write and produce scripted content and other creative projects for Netflix
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‘The Walking Dead’ to End After 11 Seasons, 2 New Spinoffs in the Works
Zombie hit won’t air its last episode until 2022
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3 Trailer Finds the Crew In the Next Millennium – Without the Federation (Video)
Third season beams up in October
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Colin Kaepernick Added to ‘Madden NFL 21’ as a Free Agent QB
First time former 49ers quarterback has been in the popular video game since 2016 — the last time he played
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Amazon’s ‘Jack Reacher’ Finds Its Jack Reacher
“Titans” star Alan Ritchson to portray burly title character for adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling book series
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‘Mom’ Star Anna Faris to Exit CBS Comedy Ahead of Season 8
Sitcom is now a solo vehicle for Allison Janney
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Live-Action Series Based on Marvel Comics’ Silk in the Works at Sony Pictures TV
Amazon in talks to acquire streaming rights for potential suite of Sony’s Spider-Man adjacent Marvel characters
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How ‘The Boys’ Faced ‘A Metric S— Ton of Pressure’ in Crafting Season 2
“I did not want to be the one-hit wonder that people said ‘Oh, Season 1 was so good, and then they s— the bed,’” showrunner Eric Kripke says
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Netflix Shuts Out Amazon Prime Video in Nielsen’s Inaugural Ranking of Weekly Top 10 Streaming Shows
“The Umbrella Academy” led the way, but every other show aired on another network first
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‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Adds Non-Binary and Transgender Characters for Season 3
Blu del Barrio, Ian Alexander come aboard the CBS All Access in a franchise first