Netflix Announces German-Language Original FREUDOctober 9, 2018Sigmund Freud is the focal point of a new series developed by ORF, Satel, Bavaria Fiction and Netflix. This will be the first collaboration between ORF, which will premiere the series in Austria, and Netflix which will premiere the series everywhere else in the world. Principal photography will commence in Vienna and Prague at the beginning of 2019.
POD SAVE AMERICA to Premiere Friday with Guest Andrew GillumOctober 9, 2018The hit political podcast POD SAVE AMERICA comes to HBO for a series of four specials, starting this FRIDAY, OCT. 12 (11:00 p.m.-midnight ET/ PT), with other specials debuting subsequent Fridays at the same time. Funny and informative, POD SAVE AMERICA will be taped the same day in front of live audiences in Miami (Oct. 12), Austin (Oct. 19), Philadelphia (Oct. 26) and Irvine, Cal. (Nov. 2). Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum will be a guest on this Friday's show.
Netflix Announces New Series SELECTION DAYOctober 9, 2018Netflix Inc., the world's leading internet entertainment service announced today that the Original Series Selection Day will launch globally on December 28, 2018.
Netflix to Adapt UK Unscripted Series THE CIRCLEOctober 9, 2018Netflix will bring UK unscripted sensation The Circle to its members worldwide, with three all-new local versions of the social media competition series featuring players from three different countries, including the United States.
Ozzy Osbourne Postpones Two Additional ShowsOctober 9, 2018Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNE's Saturday, October 6 show at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA had being postponed due to illness. Osbourne is being treated for an infection, which required surgery on his hand. This illness has caused him to need to postpone two additional shows following further consultations with his doctors at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, who have advised that he take a few extra days to recover.
HBO to Premiere New Limited Documentary Series AXIOSOctober 9, 2018AXIOS, a four-part limited documentary series of news-oriented specials from HBO Documentary Films and the groundbreaking new media company of the same name, debuts SUNDAY, NOV. 4 (6:30-7:00 p.m. ET/PT), two days before the midterm elections, followed by other editions subsequent Sundays at the same time.
Bravo to Premiere DIRTY JOHN Starring Connie Britton and Eric BanaOctober 9, 2018Bravo Media's seductive scripted anthology 'Dirty John,' starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana, premieres on Sunday, November 25 at 10pm ET/PT. Based on the articles and breakout true crime podcast with over 30 million downloads from Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard, the series tells the cautionary tale of how a whirlwind romance between Debra Newell (Britton) and the charismatic con-man John Meehan (Bana) spiraled into a frightening web of deception, denial and mental terror that nearly tore a family apart. Created by Alexandra Cunningham and directed by Jeffrey Reiner, the eight hour-long episodes are produced by Universal Cable Productions (UCP), in association with Los Angeles Times Studios and Atlas Entertainment.
Discovery and Science Channel to Premiere New Series DEEP PLANETOctober 9, 2018After three years of intensive efforts from some of the world's leading oceanographers, submarine engineers, and scientists, the Five Deeps Expedition is launching as the first global ocean journey to send a manned submersible vessel farther and deeper than any in history. An expedition of this size and scope has never before been attempted. Discovery and Science Channel will capture the entire mission for a major multi-platform event, DEEP PLANET (wt) that will air in 2019. This is a journey like no other, diving to the deepest points below the surface of the earth's five oceans to places never-before-seen by the human eye.
James Taylor Announces Additional Tour Dates With Bonnie RaittOctober 9, 2018James Taylor & His All-Star Band with special guest Bonnie Raitt and her band have announced nine additional markets will be added to their 2019 tour. The new dates include Cincinnati, OH, Austin, TX, Lincoln, NE, Sioux Falls SD, Moline, IL, Toledo, OH, Lexington, KY, Allentown, PA and Providence RI in addition to the previously announced dates. Taylor and Raitt's highly acclaimed tour celebrates a decades-long friendship. Earning rave reviews on the road together last year, The Minneapolis Star Tribune called the show 'an unforgettable evening.' Tickets for the just announced dates will go on-sale to the public October 19th at 10am local time.
Netflix to Open New Mexico Production HubOctober 9, 2018Today, Governor Susana Martinez, Mayor Tim Keller, and Ty Warren, Vice President, Physical Production for Netflix announced that Netflix has chosen Albuquerque, NM as the site of a new U.S. production hub and is in final negotiations to purchase ABQ Studios, located in Albuquerque's Mesa Del Sol. Upon closing, the company plans to bring $1 billion dollars in production to New Mexico over the next ten years and create up to 1000 production jobs a year.
Post Malone Announces First European Arena TourOctober 9, 2018Continuing his global domination, history-making multiplatinum Dallas, TX artist Post Malone touches down in Europe next year for a full-scale headline tour. The superstar will take over arenas throughout the continent as he brings his chart-crushing second full-length beerbongs & bentleys [Republic Records] across the pond. Tickets go on sale October 12.
ABC to Air IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWNOctober 8, 2018This full-length version of the classic animated PEANUTS special “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” includes the bonus cartoon, “You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown,” featuring the Great Pumpkin, airing FRIDAY, OCT. 26 (8:00–9:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. ABC OAD: 10/28/16)
Malcolm McDowell to Play Rupert Murdoch in Fox News FilmOctober 8, 2018Malcolm McDowell has been cast as Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp, in the upcoming film about Fox News' disgraced former chief Roger Ailes, according to Variety. The Annapurna drama about is about Ailes and the women who brought him down.
Cher's 'Dancing Queen' Debuts at Number Three on the Billboard 200 Albums ChartOctober 8, 2018It looks like 2018 will go down as The Year of Cher with Billboard reporting that Cher's new album Dancing Queen debuts at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, tying for the diva's highest-charting solo album ever with sales of 153,000 units. It also earns the biggest sales week of 2018 for a pop album by a woman, and Cher's largest sales week since Nielsen Music began electronically tracking music sales in 1991.
VIDEO: Watch the New Promo for DEADLY CLASS, Premiering This JanuaryOctober 8, 2018Announced during DEADLY CLASS' New York Comic Con panel, SYFY's upcoming series will premiere on Wednesday, January 16 at 10/9c. Set in a dark, heightened world against the backdrop of late 80s counter culture, DEADLY CLASS follows the story of Marcus (Benjamin Wadsworth), a teen living on the streets who is recruited into Kings Dominion, an elite private academy where the world's top crime families send their next generations. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques and his own adolescent uncertainties soon proves to be vital. Based on the best-selling 2014 Image Comics graphic novel by Rick Remender and Wes Craig, DEADLY CLASS is a coming of age journey full of ancient mystery and teen angst.
MY DINNER WITH HERVE Director Sacha Gervasi Discusses His History with the FilmOctober 8, 2018Inspired by director Sacha Gervasi's own experiences, MY DINNER WITH HERVE is a struggling journalist's story of his unlikely friendship with actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous knife-wielding French dwarf, as it unfolds over one wild night in LA – an encounter that will have life-changing consequences for both.
Turner and Style Icon Jenna Lyons Announce PartnershipOctober 8, 2018Turner and Jenna Lyons announced today a new, multi-disciplinary partnership at the intersection of lifestyle, home, fashion and beauty—bringing Jenna's approachable, finely curated point of view to a broader audience. This venture will integrate all elements of today's media landscape including television, e-commerce, social media and direct to consumer platforms.