New CBS Competition Series TOUGH AS NAILS Announces Nationwide Casting SearchOctober 24, 2019TOUGH AS NAILS, a new CBS competition series hosted and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Phil Keoghan and his long-time producing partner, Louise Keoghan, is looking for real people in real life who are real tough. The six-city casting tour is searching for the hardworking Americans who keep the country running and define what it means to be tough.
FOX Announces Winter Premiere Dates, Including FLIRTY DANCING, LAST MAN STANDING, & More!October 24, 2019FOX is announcing premiere dates for FLIRTY DANCING (Dec. 29), LAST MAN STANDING (Jan. 2), DEPUTY (Jan. 2), GORDON RAMSAY'S 24 HOURS TO HELL AND BACK (Jan. 7), 9-1-1: LONE STAR (Jan. 19, following the NFC Championship Game, and Jan. 20), OUTMATCHED (Jan. 23), THE MASKED SINGER (Feb. 2, following Super Bowl LIV), LEGO MASTERS (Feb. 5) and DUNCANVILLE (Feb. 16). Additionally, 9-1-1 and EMPIRE will return in the spring, when new dramas FILTHY RICH and neXt also will premiere.
Nickelodeon to Debut New SPONGEBOB Balloon & BLUE'S CLUES Float at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeOctober 24, 2019-Nickelodeon is celebrating 20 years of its iconic SpongeBob SquarePants series with a brand-new high-flying balloon at the 93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®. The new balloon features everyone's favorite subaquatic sponge and his beloved pet snail Gary. The nationally televised holiday spectacle will also feature a brand-new float inspired by the network's highly anticipated preschool series Blue's Clues &You!, a remake of the groundbreaking interactive series, Blue's Clues, which premieres on Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.
GOING FROM BROKE Exceeds One Million Views on Crackle in Just Five DaysOctober 24, 2019Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSE), a growing media company building online video-on-demand (“VOD”) networks that provide video content for all screens, today announced that the new Crackle Original, 'Going From Broke,' from executive producer Ashton Kutcher, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Matador Content has driven more than one million views in just five days.
Coldplay Announces Eighth Album EVERYDAY LIFEOctober 24, 2019Coldplay have today announced the global release of their eighth album, Everyday Life, on Friday, November 22 via Parlophone / Atlantic on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats, with two US-only vinyl versions available via Third Man Records on standard black and limited edition gold. The 53-minute double album is divided into two halves, Sunrise and Sunset.
INCITEMENT to Open the 33rd Israel Film FestivalOctober 24, 2019THE 33rd ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, taking place November 12th a?" 26th, will present the U.S. Premiere of Incitement at its Opening Night Gala. Incitement is the winner of the Ophir Award for Israel's Best Feature Film of 2019 and Israel's Official Selection to the 2019 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. The Gala on November 12th at the Steve Tisch Cinema Center at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills will also honor two illustrious filmmakers: six-time Academy Award-winning producer Arthur Cohn with the 2019 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award as well as chair of WestEnd Films and Incitement producer Sharon Harela?"Cohen with the 2019 IFF Achievement in Film Award, announced today Israel Film Festival Founder/Executive Director Meir Fenigstein.
A&E Network Premieres New Series COURT CAM on December 5October 24, 2019A&E Network takes viewers inside America's courtrooms in the new series 'Court Cam' executive produced by Law&Crime Productions and Dan Abrams, host of A&E's 'Live PD' and Chief Legal Analyst for ABC News. This eight-episode 30-minute series gives viewers a front row seat to some of the most wild, unruly and outrageous courtroom moments recently caught on tape. 'Court Cam' premieres with back-to-back episodes on Thursday, December 5 at 9PM ET/PT.
Netflix Orders French Preschool Series OGGY OGGY From Xilam AnimationOctober 24, 2019Netflix and French production company Xilam Animation today announced that Xilam will produce an original CGI animated preschool series Oggy Oggy, based on the global hit franchise Oggy and the Cockroaches, which has reached 800 million households around the world over the last 20 years.

AFI Fest 2019 Announces AFI Summit ProgramOctober 24, 2019 The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the program for the inaugural AFI Summit that will take place at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi. The lineup includes a conversation with producer, director, actress and activist Eva Longoria and founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Dr. Stacy Smithto discuss the latest findings from the Initiative about the alarming lack of representation of Latinx individuals in film; an in-depth and wide-ranging conversation between Susan Ruskin, Dean of the AFI Conservatory and Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix; The Hollywood Reporter's Indie Contenders Roundtable moderated by Scott Feinberg; the Los Angeles Times' Doc Roundtable moderated by Amy Kaufman; a panel led by Brickson Diamond, Chairman of Blackhouse, with three pairs of entertainment executives of color discussing diversifying the film industry; and Shoot the Book where film rights managers pitch their projects.
HBO Max Orders a Second Season of Rooster Teeth's GEN:LOCK Starring Michael B. JordanOctober 24, 2019 HBO Max has picked up gen:LOCK for a second season following its success as Rooster Teeth's newest animated series. Starring Michael B. Jordan (Creed, Black Panther), the half-hour animated series focuses on a near-future dystopia undergoing a new, technologically driven world war. gen:LOCK originally premiered on Rooster Teeth. Season 2 of gen:LOCK will premiere on HBO Max and 90 days later will be available on Rooster Teeth for FIRST members.
The Daytime Emmy Awards Will Expand to Three Nights in 2020October 24, 2019NATAS announces today, via all NATAS social media platforms, that the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards 2020 will be divided into three awards shows on Friday, June 12, 2020, Saturday, June 13th, 2020 and Sunday, June 14th, 2020.
Screenvision Media Launches The Smart NetworkOctober 24, 2019Screenvision Media, a national leader in cinema advertising, launches the Smart Network today, creating an entirely new digital playing field for advertisers. Fueled by Movie Pixel technology, the Smart Network is integrated across their 15,000 nationwide screens in more than 2,300 theatres.
SiriusXM to Launch Holiday Music ChannelsOctober 24, 2019SiriusXM announced today its extensive holiday music lineup featuring 15 commercial free channels including the much anticipated Holly and Holiday Traditions channels. Hallmark Channel Radio will kick off the holiday season Friday, October 25, and 12 more music channels will start broadcasting on Friday, November 1.
Kickstarter Campaign Launches for The Official Warped Tour DocumentaryOctober 24, 2019After the announcement that 2018 would mark the final Vans Warped Tour as we all knew it, Director DJay Brawner (Anthem Films) and his Production Team which includes David Johnson, Dayna Ghiraldi-Travers, Max Rose, Kevin Lyman and Francesca Caldara knew they had to jump in and help keep the tour's legacy alive. Over the last two years, their team has been compiling exclusive interviews, live footage and more to help build The Story Of Warped Tour. Today, they are launching a special Kickstarter campaign to help make this dream a reality.
THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS Returns to OWN on January 7October 24, 2019OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today the return of its hit Tyler Perry drama “The Haves and the Have Nots,” which premieres its seventh season on Tuesday, January 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The popular series comes back with a vengeance as the Cryer, Harrington and Young families fight for their very existence.