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The Hulu Scripted Originals content team is joining forces with Walt Disney Television to integrate development of original scripted drama and comedy programming for the streaming service with Disney's expansive television resources. With this alignment, Craig Erwich, senior vice president of Scripted Originals for Hulu, will report to Dana Walden, chairman of Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. Erwich will continue to lead scripted originals planning, development and commissioning for Hulu's original comedies and dramas, and his team will remain housed within the Santa Monica Hulu headquarters.

FX Networks today announced that its critically acclaimed comedy series Baskets will come to an end with the show's season four finale on Thursday, August 22 on FX.

Lana Del Rey has announced her highly anticipated return to the road with a run of shows across the U.S. this fall. Produced by Live Nation, the eight-city outing will kick off September 21st in New York and make stops in Seattle, Portland and more before wrapping October 11th in San Diego, CA. The highly anticipated trek will also include an October 10th date at the famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, August 9th at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.

SHOWTIME has given a straight-to-series order to the drama RUST, starring Emmy winner and Tony® and Golden Globe® nominee Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom, Godless, The Looming Tower), who will executive produce and reteam with Oscar nominee Dan Futterman (Capote). Futterman will write multiple episodes of the series, which is co-produced with Platform One Media and based on Philipp Meyer's celebrated debut novel American Rust. The announcement was made today by Gary Levine and Jana Winograde, Presidents of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

Craig Finn has announced another series of live dates surrounding his acclaimed new solo album, I Need A New War. The headline tour – which sees Finn backed by his touring band, The Uptown Controllers – begins November 1 at Austin, TX's Cactus Cafe Presents at the Texas Union Theater before heading to the west coast. Support for this round of US dates only will be Cassandra Jenkins, who appears on I Need A New War and joined Finn for a special concert performance at Brooklyn, NY's Murmrr Theatre earlier this year. Tickets go on sale Friday, August 2 at 9 am (local). For complete details, please visitcraigfinn.net/tour. Finn and the band will precede these November dates with shows on the East Coast in September -- including a stop at Mountain Stage in Charleston, West Virginia – and a European headline tour, set to make stops in the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Support for the European shows will be Laura Stevenson.

Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, announced the expansion of the Science Sandbox Nonfiction Initiative, alongside the initial nine science-focused independent projects selected for support this year. The initiative, first introduced in 2018, aims to elevate the voices of independent artists working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling, as well as to encourage critical thinking, promote educated discourse and highlight the overlap of science and art.

Good Deed Entertainment announces that they have taken all North American rights to the documentary AUDREY, a feature documentary on legendary Hollywood star Audrey Hepburn, from BAFTA-nominated producers Salon Pictures, and financed by Head Gear Films and Metrol Technology. UPHE Content Group has acquired international rights. The title is slated for a 2020 North American theatrical release. 

HISTORY's new three-part nonfiction miniseries 'The Food That Built America,' premiering August 11 at 9PM ET/PT, tells the incredible stories of innovation and rivalries behind food industry tycoons Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, Henry Heinz, C.W. Post, the McDonald brothers and more. Many people know the products, but few know the stories of everlasting grit and determination that made these names the household brands that America knows and loves. 'The Food That Built America' will air on HISTORY on consecutive nights with parts two and three debuting on August 12 and 13, respectively, both at 9PM ET/PT.

Season one of Christina on the Coast, which finaled Thursday, July 18, delivered a .70 live plus three-day rating among P25-54 - a 32% increase in the demo for the Thursday 9-9:30 p.m. ET/PT timeslot over the prior six weeks. The series, starring real estate and design expert Christina Anstead, helped HGTV rank as the #2 cable net in the timeslot among W25-54 and in the top 5 networks among upscale P25-54. Christina on the Coast attracted more than 12 million total viewers during the season.

Ovation TV, America's only arts network, has announced the lineup of legacy episodes from Inside the Actors Studio leading to the new season premiere on October 13. Showcasing a wide range of talented actors and hosted by the incomparable James Lipton, these legacy episodes demonstrate the incredible talent participation and entertaining storytelling of the long-running series. Throughout August and September, the network will air one legacy episode every Sunday at 12pm ET, starting on August 11.

MGM Television and Brat, the Gen-Z startup, are partnering to develop premium original scripted and unscripted content for young adult audiences. MGM and Brat will jointly develop, acquire and option material from leading creative voices in the YA space, with the intention of distributing these projects across traditional and streaming platforms.  The two prolific companies plan to immediately begin building a slate of premium projects, with Brat also bringing on additional staff, including a senior development executive, to support this initiative.

Hey Marshmallows…The wait is over! Television's favorite super-sleuth is back, and on a mission to save Neptune! Discover more secrets, snooping, and seduction like you have never seen before as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Veronica Mars (2019): The Complete First Season on DVD October 22, 2019. Veronica Mars (2019): The Complete First Seasoncontains all 8 edge-of-your-seat episodes from the first season along with exhilarating extra content including the Veronica Mars at Comic Con 2019 bonus feature! The DVD is priced to own at $24.98 SRP ($30.99 in Canada). Veronica Mars (2019): The Complete First Season will also be available to own on Digital via purchase from digital retailers (available on August 19th in the U.S.).

On Saturday July 27, Kid Danger (Jace Norman) and Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) faced their biggest challenge ever in Nickelodeon's hour-long episode, Henry Danger The Musical. The special, which features 26 original Broadway-style songs, marks the return of the villainous Frankini (Frankie Grande) who puts a musical curse over the town of Swellview, while Kid Danger and Captain Man are forced to find a way to stop him.

This has been one of the hottest summers on record, but don't let the rising temperatures get you down! BroadwayWorld is here to remind you of some amazing musicals and plays that you can watch from the comfort of your couch (with the AC blasting)! From Netflix to BroadwayHD to On Demand, there's an option for everyone!

With the conclusion of the 2-night season finale for “The Bachelorette,” ABC dominated prime time for the 2nd straight night, outrunning 2nd place NBC by 45% in Adults 18-49 (1.6/8 vs. 1.1/5). In viewers (5.7 million) and young adults (1.6/8), ABC marked its top summer Tuesday with entertainment programming in more than 3 years – since 6/7/16.  

Stanford Live and the Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at SJSU are excited to announce a special event honoring Mumford and Sons, the 2019 recipient of the John Steinbeck Award. The award ceremony features a conversation with the band members as well as an acoustic performance at Bing Concert Hall on Wednesday, September 18 at 7:30 pm. Public onsale begins Friday, August 9. 

Horror icon and heavy metal mastermind Rob Zombie is unleashing “3 From Hell” on big screens across the U.S. as a follow-up to “House of 1,000 Corpses” and  “The Devil's Rejects,” and the latest installment in the blood-soaked Firefly family trilogy. The film will be released in cinemas nationwide over three nights, September 16-18, featuring the unrated version and unique special content nightly.

From trailblazing, Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe (Netflix's Master of None) and Melina Matsoukas, the visionary director of some of this generation's most powerful pop-culture experiences, including Beyonce's “Formation” and the Nike “Equality” campaign, comes Makeready's unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim.

The Paley Center for Media today announced that it will celebrate the artistry behind the The Masked Singer, when it presents: Fashion & Fantasy: The Art of The Masked Singer. The exclusive engagement will run at the Paley Center's Beverly Hills location July 31 through September 29. Admission to this exciting new exhibit is free.

Actress, singer and Tony Award Nominee Keala Settle will perform on the 12 North American dates of Hugh Jackman's live tour of The Man. The Music. The Show. beginning with the Oct. 1 performance in Boston's TD Garden arena and ending Oct 19 and 20 in Mexico City's Arena Ciudad de México.  Settle, who earned standing ovations when she appeared on-stage with Jackman earlier this month at the Hollywood Bowl and Madison Square Garden, will perform the Academy Award® nominated and Golden Globe Award winning song a?oeThis Is Mea?? from The Greatest Showman and more.