Jessika Walsten
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TCA: Pop Orders 'Mother Mary' Comedy Pilot
Pop TV has ordered a pilot for comedy Mother Mary, Pop TV president Brad Schwartz announced Monday during the network's TCA winter press tour presentation. → Read More
TCA: 'Silence of the Lambs' Sequel 'Clarice' Gets Series Order From CBS
Drama comes from executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet → Read More
TCA: CBS Orders Three 'The Price Is Right' Celebrity Specials
CBS has picked up three celebrity specials of The Price Is Right, the network announced Sunday during its TCA winter press tour session. → Read More
Oliver Peck Exits 'Ink Master' After 13 Seasons
Ink Master judge Oliver Peck is leaving the Paramount Network show, it was confirmed Tuesday. → Read More
TCA 2019: Amazon Orders Second Season of Upcoming Drama 'Carnival Row'
Amazon Prime Video has picked up a second season of fantasy drama series Carnival Row ahead of its season one premiere, Amazon announced Saturday during its portion of the Television Critics Association press tour. → Read More
HBO and BBC Renew 'Gentleman Jack' for a Second Season
HBO and the BBC have picked up a second season of Gentleman Jack. Produced by Lookout Point for HBO and BBC One, the drama series premiered in April. → Read More
The Nine: Samantha Taczynski
Name: Samantha TaczynskiCompany: NEC Display SolutionsTwitter: @NEC_SATLocation: Chicago, ILOvertime: In her spare time, you can find Taczynski working with her husband for their company Marcsa Creative Studio, which provides CGI, creative retouching, and animation. She also loves to travel and read, especially romance novels. → Read More
'Empire' EPs Pull Jussie Smollett Character From Show
The executive producers of Fox's Empire have scrubbed Jussie Smollett's character Jamal from the final two episodes of the show's season, Fox announced Friday. → Read More
TCA 2019: Collier Says Fox Entertainment 'Is an Open Canvas'
Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier laid out his plans Wednesday for the new Fox broadcast network, which will become part of "New Fox" after Disney acquires assets of 21st Century Fox. → Read More
TCA 2019: ABC Entertainment Chief Burke Not Worried About Oscars
ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke took the TCA stage Tuesday for the first time in her new role, and the exec was peppered with questions about the Oscars, which will air on ABC Feb. 24. → Read More
TCA 2019: Netflix Isn’t Telling the Whole Ratings Story, Says FX’s Landgraf
Netflix’s ratings are not an accurate representation if their shows’ performance, said John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. → Read More
TCA 2019: PBS in Discussions With Virtual MVPDs, Says Kerger
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger said Saturday that the public broadcaster is speaking with virtual MVPDs about offering PBS content. → Read More
SCN Hall of Fame 2019: Malissa Dillman
SCN welcomes Malissa Dillman, market development manager, Starin Marketing, to its 2019 Hall of Fame. → Read More
TV Data Summit: Future of TV Advertising Is Robust, Says Subramanyam
Don't expect to see the TV advertising marketplace to weaken in the future, at least according to Radha Subramanyam, chief research and analytics officer for CBS Television. → Read More
Gregg Kelley to Retire from KTVU/KTVU Plus
Fox Television Stations veteran Gregg Kelley will retire as VP and GM of Fox’s San Francisco duopoly KTVU/KTVU Plus. → Read More
Johnson Stresses Content and New Distribution Model
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — OTT channels can succeed in today’s fragmented content world, BET Networks founder Robert Johnson said.“You just got to build a better → Read More
Byron Allen: Programmers ‘Cannot Be Big Enough’
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — In the current content climate, companies need scale and leverage. So said Byron Allen, founder, owner, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios, at the OTT & Video Distribution Summit. → Read More
OTT Summit: Byron Allen: Programmers 'Cannot Be Big Enough'
In the current content climate, companies need scale and leverage, said Byron Allen, founder, owner, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios. → Read More
TCA 2018: Amazon Studios Orders ‘The Expatriates’ to Series
Announces Lena Waithe event series 'Them: Covenant' and Greg Daniels comedy 'Upload' → Read More
TCA 2018: Amazon Studios Orders ‘The Expatriates’ to Series
Announces Lena Waithe event series 'Them: Covenant' and Greg Daniels comedy 'Upload' → Read More