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Gen Z spends half its waking hours on screen time. Here’s the good and bad news for Hollywood
April 12, 2022 | Per The LA Times: Hollywood is obsessed with youth. That doesn’t mean the entertainment industry “gets” Gen Z. Efforts...
Apr 22, 2022
How Pamela Adlon mined her own ‘invisibility’ to create one of TV’s best comedies
April 21, 2022 | Per The LA Times: Pamela Adlon has been prepping for the end since the beginning. The “Better Things” creator, star,...
Apr 22, 2022
WarnerMedia OneFifty, Banijay Americas Team for Unscripted TV Incubator
April 6, 2022 | Per The Hollywood Reporter: WarnerMedia OneFifty and Banijay Americas are partnering for a new program to incubate...
Apr 15, 2022
‘Promised Land’ may be ABC’s ‘last serialized drama.’ What its fate says about network TV
March 30, 2022 | Per The Los Angeles Times: When Andres Velez got the script for an ABC series called “Promised Land,” he found the story...
Apr 1, 2022
Why 'The Baby-Sitters Club' Wasn’t Enough for Netflix Anymore
March 17, 2022 | Per Vulture: “I don’t know what they wanted that they didn’t get.” Rachel Shukert is talking about her series The...
Apr 1, 2022
How BIPOC Audiences Drive Moviegoing
March 24, 2022 | Per Variety: A study of the top 252 English-language movies released in 2021 demonstrates how significantly people of...
Apr 1, 2022
Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM
March 17, 2022 | Per Variety: Amazon has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM, the companies said Thursday. The pact was first...
Mar 18, 2022
WarnerMedia Access Unveils New Showrunner Program, Sets Inaugural Cohort Of 13
March 15, 2022 | Per Deadline: WarnerMedia Access has announced a new Showrunner Program...which launches in April, is geared toward...
Mar 18, 2022
Broadcast Pilot Season by the Numbers: Total Volume Hits a New Low
March 9, 2022 The Hollywood Reporter: The total number of drama and comedy pilots that the broadcast networks have collectively been...
Mar 11, 2022
Broadcast TV Scorecard 2022: What’s New, Renewed and Canceled (So Far)
March 4, 2022 The Hollywood Reporter: For the broadcast networks, the name of the game is stability. Since emerging from the global...
Mar 11, 2022
What Programming Execs From NBCU, MGM, A+E & More Are Looking for in Next Generation of TV Creators
February 23, 2022 Per Variety: With Peak TV still getting peak-ier, it’s harder than ever for a series to really break through with...
Mar 4, 2022
UMD & CATALYST LAUNCH MAROON LOON STUDIOS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DAYTIME TV EMMYS (NATAS)
Seeking: Duluth Writers with TV Series Ideas Duluth, MN - Catalyst is excited to launch this first-of-its-kind production studio in be...
Feb 18, 2022
New back-to-work deal requires boosters for vaccinated film crews
February 16, 2022 Per Los Angeles Times: "Hollywood studios and unions have extended and updated pandemic workplace safety guidelines for...
Feb 16, 2022
‘Bel-Air’ began as a $25,000 short. It might be the future of the TV reboot
February 9, 2022 Per Los Angeles Times: "The idea of a present-day “Fresh Prince” retelling came to Cooper, who grew up on its reruns, in...
Feb 9, 2022
North Star Story Summit
Top Minnesota Festivals Announce North Star Story Summit, a Super Event for the Fall The Duluth Superior Film Festival, Minnesota...
Feb 3, 2022
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