The National Hockey League (NHL) and the Walt Disney Company officially announced on Wednesday they reached a seven-year television, streaming and media rights deal, beginning with the 2021-22 season. Included in the deal will be 25 regular-season games on ESPN or ABC, half of all First Round and Second Round games from the Stanley Cup […]
The biggest hit of the 2014 midseason was the launch of ABC’s fantasy drama “Resurrection”. Nearly 14 million viewers tuned in that night to be enthralled, just as I had been when I had first seen its pilot episode back in the summer of 2013. I thoroughly raved about the show just prior to its […]
According to sources informing Sports Business Journal, Disney and the National Football League have reached an agreement that sees ESPN renew “Monday Night Football” and ABC to be back in to the broadcast network rotation for the Super Bowl for the first time since 2006. Disney is rumored to pay the NFL an increase of […]
Chris Harrison, the familiar host of ABC’s veteran “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” franchise, has announced he is temporarily stepping down as host. The announcement comes in the wake of a controversial interview, in which he defended a current contestant’s racist photos. “This historic season of ‘The Bachelor’ should not be marred or overshadowed by my […]
ABC has put into development “Winter in Paradise”, a limited series based on the first book in Elin Hildebrand’s “Paradise” trilogy from André and Maria Jacquemetton (“Mad Men”), Ellen Pompeo and her Calamity Jane production company, Andrew Stearn Productions and ABC Signature. Written by the Jacquemettons, based on Elin Hilderbrand’s book, the series tells the story of a husband’s […]
Tom Brady’s Buccaneers meet with Aaron Rodgers and his Packers in the NFC championship game at Lambeau Field (Jan. 24 @ 3:05 p.m. ET, Fox). Brady outlasted fellow future Hall of Famer Drew Brees and New Orleans 30-20 in the divisional round. Green Bay handled Los Angeles 32-18 Josh Allen leads his Bills into the […]
ABC has put into development a proposed crime drama called “August Snow” starring and executive produced by Keegan-Michael Key about a man who returns to his Detroit roots and becomes a private investigator. The network has given the project a script commitment with “Godfather of Harlem‘s” Paul Eckstein serving as the writer. The logline: “August Snow” will open […]
ABC has put into development a Laninx legal drama called “The Three Joaquins,” which hails from scribes Manuel Figueroa and Jordan Heime. Partially based on Figueroa’s childhood experience, it tells the story of a wealthy and powerful Latinx family who have their Pasadena world turned upside down when the living proof of their father’s secret life […]
ABC has greenlit single-camera comedy “Home Economics,” which is inspired by the life of co-creator Michael Colton and examines the relationship between three adult siblings: one very upscale, one middle-class, and one barely holding on. Topher Grace (“That ’70s Show”) will play middle sibling Tom, a novelist who has had a couple of books that sold decently, […]
