‘American Idol’ Leaps In Move To Live Across Country Now live across the country and airing one night a week, ABC’s American Idol (1.8, 8.0 million viewers) won its two-hour slot and grew for the 2nd week in row in both metrics, hitting its best numbers since premiere. Idol picked up 2/10th of a..

The Average Movie Ticket Price Rises Close To 4% In Q1 Of 2018 The National Association of Theater Owners reports that the average movie ticket price during the first four months of this year is +4% at $9.16 versus the same quarter a year ago at $8.84. Related NATO's John Fithi..

Jimmy Kimmel Joins ABC’s ‘Man Of The House’ Comedy Pilot As Narrator Jimmy Kimmel will be adding his voice to Man of the House, ABC’s multi-camera hybrid family comedy pilot from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group, ABC Studios and Scandal star Kerry Washington’s studio-based Simpson Street. Kimmel j..

‘Lez Bomb’ Exclusive Clip: Cloris Leachman, Bruce Dern & Kevin Pollak In Comedy From Exec Producer Bobby Farrelly EXCLUSIVE: Lez Bomb is Jenna Laurenzo’s directorial debut and her follow-up to her short film Girl Night Stand, which went viral online, garnering well over 2M views on Youtube, then..

Saudi Arabia Officially Launches First Full Service Film & TV Production Studio Nebras Film The roll-out of Saudi Arabia’s nascent film industry continue apace. Today sees the official launch of the kingdom’s first full-service production studio Nebras Films which hopes to be a home to features,..

YouTube Orders Comedy Series Starring Adam Pally & Sam Richardson & Featuring Jay Pharoah From ‘Happy Endings’ Team YouTube has greenlighted a 10-episode comedy series toplined by Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Detroiters star Sam Richardson, with Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) as a key re..

Gravitas Ventures Acquires Thriller ‘Broken Star’ From Kandoo Films For Theatrical Release EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired the feature thriller Broken Star which stars Analeigh Tipton (Crazy, Stupid, Love) for theatrical release this summer. Broken Star is the first film from Kandoo’s ..

Netflix Wins ‘Failsafe;’ Teams Michael B. Jordan & ‘Black Panther’ Co-Writer Joe Robert Cole EXCLUSIVE: Netflix prevailed to win an auction for Failsafe, a Vault Comics title that will be scripted by Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole, as a producing and potential starring vehicle for Micha..

Shania Twain & Jake Owen To Host Country Music Competition Series For USA Network A star search for fresh country music talent in solo artists, duos, and groups will bow this fall on USA Network with hosts Shania Twain and singer-songwriter Jake Owen. Related 'The Purge': ..