NBC is keeping broadcast’s scripted hopes alive. The network will have a slew of original scripted dramas on the air in the fall as part of a slightly revised schedule thanks to some forward planning. The second half of season five of Magnum P.I, which was originally intended for midseason, …

It’s Day 4 of the SAG-AFTRA strike and Day 77 of the WGA strike. “Discover the past, live the present and fight the future,” was an apt message from The X-Files‘ 1998 spinoff movie and it’s one that could be applied to the current actors and writers strike. It seems timely, then, …

EXCLUSIVE: The Teamsters Union has been supporting the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for the last 75 days across Hollywood and the scribes have returned the favor. Deadline understands that a group of WGA members, around 50 writers, joined a picket line at an Amazon warehouse in Santa Clarita, California, …

David Nevins is back in business. Nevins, who left Paramount Global last year after a 12-year run in charge of Showtime, has been named CEO of Peter Chernin’s The North Road Company. He was most recently as Chairman and CEO of Paramount Premium Group and Chief Creative Officer of Paramount+ …

Heidi Gardner has become one of the Saturday Night Live seniors after having joined the venerable NBC show in season 43. After a slew of cast members including Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson left last summer, Gardner, along with the likes of Ego Nwodim and Bowen Yang, have …

There’s a festival feel at the La Brea Tar Pits with live performances from Aloe Blacc and Boots Riley. Blacc said that he was there to sing for the writers and that he wishes “there was more I could do for you” but that he stands in “solidarity”, while Riley …

ABC is passing on its pilots. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders The network has passed on Anthony Anderson-fronted Public Defenders and Ellie Kemper-led Keeping It Together, which is a remake of British comedy Motherland, as well as dramas The Hurt Unit, starring Melissa George and Ben …

ABC still has some decisions to make on its scripted slate. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders The network has yet to make final calls on renewals for comedy Home Economics and The Rookie: Feds as well as The Good Lawyer, a backdoor pilot spinoff of The …

A clearer picture of how far apart the writers and studios were from a deal has emerged after talks between the WGA and AMPTP broke down, leading to a strike starting on Tuesday. The WGA said its proposals would have benefited its members by $429M per year and claimed that …

James Corden is leaving The Late Late Show much like he entered: with a bang. Corden kicked off his first show on March 23, 2015 with a coup. He managed to persuade Tom Hanks to perform his entire filmography in an episode that also featured appearances from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy …

The late-night television sector will be the first to get hit if there’s a writers’ strike and its stars are bracing themselves for impact. The nightly talkshows – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers and The …

The WGA has called on its members to save television and feature writing as its strike authorization vote opens. The guild, in an email to members seen by Deadline, said, “The survival of writing as a profession is at stake in this negotiation.” “Over the past decade, while our employers …