The popular team of analysts may not be available on TNT for much longer, as NBC looks poised to steal its NBA package.
Which way is the NBA’s ball set to bounce? Will it carom back to TNT for another decade, or will NBC steal the package of games whose rights are currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery by making the league an offer it can’t refuse? The latter possibility looks increasingly likely, and if Wbd does lose its NBA rights, one question that many fans will immediately begin to ponder is what will become of the popular “Inside the NBA” team of Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson; arguably the best sports show on television. There are plenty of options available to the group, including the possibility that 2025 is the final time that they appear on TV together.
Key Details: NBC has offered $2.5 billion...
Which way is the NBA’s ball set to bounce? Will it carom back to TNT for another decade, or will NBC steal the package of games whose rights are currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery by making the league an offer it can’t refuse? The latter possibility looks increasingly likely, and if Wbd does lose its NBA rights, one question that many fans will immediately begin to ponder is what will become of the popular “Inside the NBA” team of Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson; arguably the best sports show on television. There are plenty of options available to the group, including the possibility that 2025 is the final time that they appear on TV together.
Key Details: NBC has offered $2.5 billion...
- 5/2/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Jason Kelce has landed at ESPN.
The former Philadelphia Eagles center has signed with the Disney-owned sports giant to work on its Monday Night Countdown NFL pregame show, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Kelce’s landing pad has been one of the hottest questions of the NFL offseason, with multiple TV partners pursuing him.
Kelce participated in last year’s NFL broadcast boot camp, where the league helps train current and former players in the ins and outs of broadcasting. Kelce was seen as a star performer in that boot camp.
Monday Night Countdown, the pregame show for ESPN Monday Night Football, already has a top-shelf talent list, including Scott Van Pelt, Robert Griffin III and Larry Fitzgerald. During the games themselves, ESPN has Joe Buck and Troy Aikman leading the main broadcast, with Peyton and Eli Manning leading an alternative telecast.
Kelce, of course, is also the older brother...
The former Philadelphia Eagles center has signed with the Disney-owned sports giant to work on its Monday Night Countdown NFL pregame show, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Kelce’s landing pad has been one of the hottest questions of the NFL offseason, with multiple TV partners pursuing him.
Kelce participated in last year’s NFL broadcast boot camp, where the league helps train current and former players in the ins and outs of broadcasting. Kelce was seen as a star performer in that boot camp.
Monday Night Countdown, the pregame show for ESPN Monday Night Football, already has a top-shelf talent list, including Scott Van Pelt, Robert Griffin III and Larry Fitzgerald. During the games themselves, ESPN has Joe Buck and Troy Aikman leading the main broadcast, with Peyton and Eli Manning leading an alternative telecast.
Kelce, of course, is also the older brother...
- 4/29/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former Jeopardy! producer Mike Richards is finally talking about what went wrong for him in his ill-fated stint as host two years ago.
Richards was announced as the full-time replacement for the late Alex Trebek in 2021. He lasted just one day before resigning after questions arose about his conduct.
“We never discussed how to replace Alex once we knew he was sick,” Richards told People in a new interview. “A conversation like that would have been so disrespectful. We had talked about people coming in and guest hosting if Alex got too sick. But we always knew Alex would come back until the day he decided he couldn’t.”
Trebek died of pancreatic cancer in November 2020. At that point, several guest hosts were brought in as executives struggled to determine who would be the host.
The tryouts included Katie Couric, Aaron Rodgers, Joe Buck, and Robin Roberts. During the process,...
Richards was announced as the full-time replacement for the late Alex Trebek in 2021. He lasted just one day before resigning after questions arose about his conduct.
“We never discussed how to replace Alex once we knew he was sick,” Richards told People in a new interview. “A conversation like that would have been so disrespectful. We had talked about people coming in and guest hosting if Alex got too sick. But we always knew Alex would come back until the day he decided he couldn’t.”
Trebek died of pancreatic cancer in November 2020. At that point, several guest hosts were brought in as executives struggled to determine who would be the host.
The tryouts included Katie Couric, Aaron Rodgers, Joe Buck, and Robin Roberts. During the process,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
I Heard Her Call My Name upcoming event: Lucy Sante with Griffin Hansbury at Rizzoli in New York on February 12.
In the first instalment with author, critic, and artist Lucy Sante, music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman joined us. In this second instalment we discuss Lucy coming from Belgium as a young boy to New Jersey; fighting to survive school in Manhattan, dandyism, and the unattractive prospect of masculinity; her book Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation And The Promise Of Water for New York City (published by Experiment in 2022), and touch upon Nancy Buirski’s documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy and Jon Voight’s boyishness as Joe Buck in John Schlesinger’s film.
Lucy Sante with Anne-Katrin Titze on going to an all-boys Jesuit high school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan: “I really did not fit in.”
Lucy Sante is...
In the first instalment with author, critic, and artist Lucy Sante, music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman joined us. In this second instalment we discuss Lucy coming from Belgium as a young boy to New Jersey; fighting to survive school in Manhattan, dandyism, and the unattractive prospect of masculinity; her book Nineteen Reservoirs: On Their Creation And The Promise Of Water for New York City (published by Experiment in 2022), and touch upon Nancy Buirski’s documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy and Jon Voight’s boyishness as Joe Buck in John Schlesinger’s film.
Lucy Sante with Anne-Katrin Titze on going to an all-boys Jesuit high school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan: “I really did not fit in.”
Lucy Sante is...
- 2/8/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
(Stock image via Pexels/Graphic by The Desk)
Sports broadcaster ESPN saw nearly 32 million viewers tune in for its Saturday match-up between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans, making it the most-watched non-championship National Football League (NFL) game ever aired on the network.
It was the second consecutive year that ESPN — jointly owned between the Walt Disney Company and Hearst Television — broke its own viewership record with a divisional playoff game, the network said in a statement on Monday.
The 31.767 million viewers who tuned in surpassed last January’s match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The network said its viewership figure was based on preliminary Nielsen data, and it expects the number to surpass 32 million when finalized data is available.
Last Saturday’s game was broadcast on ESPN and the ABC television network, and streamed live through ESPN Plus and the NFL Plus app. Viewing peaked around 6:30 p.
Sports broadcaster ESPN saw nearly 32 million viewers tune in for its Saturday match-up between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans, making it the most-watched non-championship National Football League (NFL) game ever aired on the network.
It was the second consecutive year that ESPN — jointly owned between the Walt Disney Company and Hearst Television — broke its own viewership record with a divisional playoff game, the network said in a statement on Monday.
The 31.767 million viewers who tuned in surpassed last January’s match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The network said its viewership figure was based on preliminary Nielsen data, and it expects the number to surpass 32 million when finalized data is available.
Last Saturday’s game was broadcast on ESPN and the ABC television network, and streamed live through ESPN Plus and the NFL Plus app. Viewing peaked around 6:30 p.
- 1/22/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
The road to Super Bowl Lviii in Las Vegas narrows to four teams following this weekend’s divisional playoffs. Action kicks off late Saturday afternoon with the Houston Texans at the Baltimore Ravens from M&t Bank Stadium. The AFC South champion Texans knocked off the Cleveland Browns 45-14 in the Wild Card round behind stellar play from rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud. The AFC’s top-seeded Ravens expect fireworks from their own dynamic Qb, Lamar Jackson (pictured), the league’s likely Mvp. Texans-Ravens is the first divisional playoff game to air on ESPN. Joe Buck and Troy Aikman call the game with Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge reporting. Get yourready! #NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/RYdTEwDaGG — NFL (@NFL) January 16, 2024 In primetime on Fox, Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers face the NFC’s No. 1 seed in the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The No.
- 1/19/2024
- TV Insider
One of the greatest plays in sports isn’t taking place on any athletic field.
Walt Disney Co. and the National Football League are said to be in earnest talks, according to two people familiar with the matter, that could have the league take a stake in ESPN while putting its NFL Media unit, which the sports body has been trying to monetize in better fashion, under the media company’s control. Such a move would further align Disney with the NFL, making it difficult for the company to lose valuable sports rights to show top-rated football games, and could put such NFL assets as the NFL Network and RedZone under Disney’s aegis.
Disney and the NFL declined to comment on the talks, which were reported previously by The New York Post and The Atlantic. Disney has been seeking partners for ESPN as it faces declines in one of...
Walt Disney Co. and the National Football League are said to be in earnest talks, according to two people familiar with the matter, that could have the league take a stake in ESPN while putting its NFL Media unit, which the sports body has been trying to monetize in better fashion, under the media company’s control. Such a move would further align Disney with the NFL, making it difficult for the company to lose valuable sports rights to show top-rated football games, and could put such NFL assets as the NFL Network and RedZone under Disney’s aegis.
Disney and the NFL declined to comment on the talks, which were reported previously by The New York Post and The Atlantic. Disney has been seeking partners for ESPN as it faces declines in one of...
- 1/14/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Coming off a two-season starring role on Fox’s drama The Cleaning Lady, Oliver Hudson is staying in business with the network. The actor-producer has entered a broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment for him and his producing partner John Stalberg to develop comedy and drama projects that will be fully owned and distributed by Fox.
Hudson played one of the leads, FBI agent Garrett Miller, in The Cleaning Lady, co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and Fox Entertainment. The popular character was killed off in the Season 2 finale, which aired earlier this year.
Hudson already has a pre-existing relationship with Fox as a producer. He and Joe Buck are developing the animated comedy Daddy Issues for the network, with Fox Entertainment and company-owned animation house Bento Box Entertainment producing. The ensemble buddy comedy is inspired by the popular podcast that follows the true-life experiences of Buck and Hudson as...
Hudson played one of the leads, FBI agent Garrett Miller, in The Cleaning Lady, co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and Fox Entertainment. The popular character was killed off in the Season 2 finale, which aired earlier this year.
Hudson already has a pre-existing relationship with Fox as a producer. He and Joe Buck are developing the animated comedy Daddy Issues for the network, with Fox Entertainment and company-owned animation house Bento Box Entertainment producing. The ensemble buddy comedy is inspired by the popular podcast that follows the true-life experiences of Buck and Hudson as...
- 12/12/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
ESPN is, for at least one week this season, really doubling down on “Monday Night Football.”
The Walt Disney-backed sports-media outlet plans to simulcast two different Monday-night games on December 11, its latest gridiron maneuver that has already seen the football-tv mainstay air on both ESPN and ABC for the bulk of the regular season in a bid to fill schedules during the recent Hollywood labor strikes.
A Monday-night game between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants will kick off December 11 at 8:15 p.m. eastern, anchored by Troy Aikman and Joe Buck, with Lisa Salters on the sidelines. A game between the Tennessee Titans and the Miami Dolphins will start at the same time, televised via ESPN. ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes. Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick and Dan Orlovsky will call the game, with Laura Rutledge on the sidelines.
Meanwhile, Peyton and Eli Manning will offer commentary on...
The Walt Disney-backed sports-media outlet plans to simulcast two different Monday-night games on December 11, its latest gridiron maneuver that has already seen the football-tv mainstay air on both ESPN and ABC for the bulk of the regular season in a bid to fill schedules during the recent Hollywood labor strikes.
A Monday-night game between the Green Bay Packers and the New York Giants will kick off December 11 at 8:15 p.m. eastern, anchored by Troy Aikman and Joe Buck, with Lisa Salters on the sidelines. A game between the Tennessee Titans and the Miami Dolphins will start at the same time, televised via ESPN. ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes. Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick and Dan Orlovsky will call the game, with Laura Rutledge on the sidelines.
Meanwhile, Peyton and Eli Manning will offer commentary on...
- 12/4/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
ESPN+ subscribers will get to watch Peyton and Eli Manning try to keep track of two games at once for the special edition of “Mnf.”
ESPN’s Monday night party is about to get more crowded! The network has announced that for the first time ever, it will offer two “Monday Night Football” games simultaneously on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+. The games are scheduled for Week 14, and will both begin Monday, Dec. 11 at 8:15 p.m. Et.
The Green Bay Packers will visit the New York Giants in one of the games, while the other will feature the Tennessee Titans traveling to the Miami Dolphins. “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” will be covering both games at the same time on ESPN2 and ESPN+. ESPN+ is also preparing to host a wildcard playoff game once the 2023 NFL season concludes. Sign Up Now $10.99+ / month espnplus.com A Monday Night...
ESPN’s Monday night party is about to get more crowded! The network has announced that for the first time ever, it will offer two “Monday Night Football” games simultaneously on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+. The games are scheduled for Week 14, and will both begin Monday, Dec. 11 at 8:15 p.m. Et.
The Green Bay Packers will visit the New York Giants in one of the games, while the other will feature the Tennessee Titans traveling to the Miami Dolphins. “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” will be covering both games at the same time on ESPN2 and ESPN+. ESPN+ is also preparing to host a wildcard playoff game once the 2023 NFL season concludes. Sign Up Now $10.99+ / month espnplus.com A Monday Night...
- 12/4/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Pat Sajak is departing the regular syndicated version of Wheel of Fortune in 2024. Could that mark the end of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, or will it also continue with Ryan Seacrest taking over the lead role? Will this show be cancelled or renewed for season five? Stay tuned.
A primetime game show, the Celebrity Wheel of Fortune series is hosted by Sajak and Vanna White of the popular syndicated version. In each episode, the duo welcomes a trio of celebrity contestants who play two games (to fill the hour timeslot), spin the world’s most famous wheel, and solve word puzzles. The celebrities try to win as much as $1 million cash for their favorite charities. Players in the fourth season include Jared Allen, Joe Buck, Kim Fields, Brendan Hunt, Rashad Jennings, Penn Jillette, Kel Mitchell, Melissa Villaseñor,...
A primetime game show, the Celebrity Wheel of Fortune series is hosted by Sajak and Vanna White of the popular syndicated version. In each episode, the duo welcomes a trio of celebrity contestants who play two games (to fill the hour timeslot), spin the world’s most famous wheel, and solve word puzzles. The celebrities try to win as much as $1 million cash for their favorite charities. Players in the fourth season include Jared Allen, Joe Buck, Kim Fields, Brendan Hunt, Rashad Jennings, Penn Jillette, Kel Mitchell, Melissa Villaseñor,...
- 9/28/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 9:00 Pm on ABC, “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” is back with Season 4, Episode 1. In this episode, the show features three celebrity contestants: Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor, and Joe Buck.
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” is a game show where famous individuals spin the iconic wheel for a chance to win prizes and raise money for charity. Contestants solve word puzzles to earn rewards, and it’s a fun and engaging show where viewers can root for their favorite celebrities.
Tune in at 9:00 Pm this Wednesday on ABC to watch Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor, and Joe Buck take on the famous wheel and test their word-solving skills. It’s an entertaining and family-friendly game show that’s suitable for viewers of all ages.
Release Date & Time: 9:00 Pm Wednesday 27 September 2023 on ABC
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck Cast – Season 4 Episode 1 Main...
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” is a game show where famous individuals spin the iconic wheel for a chance to win prizes and raise money for charity. Contestants solve word puzzles to earn rewards, and it’s a fun and engaging show where viewers can root for their favorite celebrities.
Tune in at 9:00 Pm this Wednesday on ABC to watch Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor, and Joe Buck take on the famous wheel and test their word-solving skills. It’s an entertaining and family-friendly game show that’s suitable for viewers of all ages.
Release Date & Time: 9:00 Pm Wednesday 27 September 2023 on ABC
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck Cast – Season 4 Episode 1 Main...
- 9/22/2023
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 4 Episode 1 episode titled Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck!
Find out everything you need to know about the Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck episode of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck Season 4 Episode 1 Preview
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” is back with a brand-new episode on September 27, 2023, at 9:00 Pm on ABC.
In this episode, the stage is set for an evening of entertainment as celebrity contestants Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor, and Joe Buck take their places in the hot seat. These talented individuals are not only well-known in the world of entertainment but are also known for their charisma and quick thinking.
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” combines...
Find out everything you need to know about the Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck episode of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor and Joe Buck Season 4 Episode 1 Preview
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” is back with a brand-new episode on September 27, 2023, at 9:00 Pm on ABC.
In this episode, the stage is set for an evening of entertainment as celebrity contestants Brendan Hunt, Melissa Villaseñor, and Joe Buck take their places in the hot seat. These talented individuals are not only well-known in the world of entertainment but are also known for their charisma and quick thinking.
“Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” combines...
- 9/20/2023
- by News
- TV Regular
“I’m told the replay of Nick Chubb getting injured is not to be seen,” Monday Night Football’s Joe Buck said on the ABC broadcast tonight. In the background just after, you could hear the stadium crowd react to the footage being shown onscreen.
“Yeah, we’re not going to show it. It’s as bad as you can imagine,” replied analyst Troy Aikman.
Chubb, the Cleveland Browns’ star running back, was on a short run near the end zone when he was hit low by Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and went down at the 3 yard line. He immediately grabbed his left leg and took off his helmet. You can see the play below, without the gruesome close-up.
Joe Buck: "I am told that the replay of Nick Chubb getting injured is not to be seen."
The groan from the Pittsburgh crowd probably tells us all we need to know.
“Yeah, we’re not going to show it. It’s as bad as you can imagine,” replied analyst Troy Aikman.
Chubb, the Cleveland Browns’ star running back, was on a short run near the end zone when he was hit low by Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and went down at the 3 yard line. He immediately grabbed his left leg and took off his helmet. You can see the play below, without the gruesome close-up.
Joe Buck: "I am told that the replay of Nick Chubb getting injured is not to be seen."
The groan from the Pittsburgh crowd probably tells us all we need to know.
- 9/19/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Before Pat Sajak leaves Wheel of Fortune, he and Vanna White will be welcoming another round of stars to play Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. The Season 4 cast includes stars from Ted Lasso, Ghosts, Wednesday, Days of Our Lives, and more TV stars, plus some sports and music legends. Ted Lasso‘s Brendan Hunt (Coach Beard), Wednesday‘s Luis Guzmán (Gomez Addams), and Ghost‘s Danielle Pinnock (Alberta Haynes) will try their hand at spinning the wheel in Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season 4, per TV Line. Joining them are ’80s music legend Debbie Gibson, ESPN sportscaster Joe Buck, Good Burger 2 star Kel Mitchell, Kim Fields of The Upshaws and The Facts of Life, magician Penn Jillette, NCIS Hawai’i‘s Noah Mills, Saturday Night Live alum Melissa Villaseñor, comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, Making the Cut star and Project Runway alum Tim Gunn, Another Period star Natasha Leggero, Days of Our Lives‘ Kyle Brandt,...
- 9/12/2023
- TV Insider
“Ted Lasso” star Brendan Hunt, “Wednesday” star Luis Guzman, ESPN commentator Joe Buck and ’80s pop singer Debbie Gibson are among the big names joining the stacked cast of “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” Season 4.
The 10-episode season, which premieres Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. Et/8 Ct on ABC, will also include:
Kel Mitchell Kim Fields Magician Penn Jillette Noah Mills (“NCIS Hawai’i”) Melissa Villasenor (“Saturday Night Live”) Danielle Pinnock (“Ghosts”) Gabriel Iglesias (“Mr. Iglesias”) Tim Gunn (“Making the Cut”) Natasha Leggero Kyle Brandt (“Days of Our Lives”) Roy Wood Jr (“The Daily Show”) Former NFL stars Marcellus Wiley, Rashad Jennings and Jared Allen
The show sees celebrities compete for up to $1 million, which is donated to charity of the winner’s choice.
The casting announcement, which was first reported by TVLine, comes as the Wheel of Fortune franchise’s long-time host Pat Sajak announced he will retire after four decades,...
The 10-episode season, which premieres Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. Et/8 Ct on ABC, will also include:
Kel Mitchell Kim Fields Magician Penn Jillette Noah Mills (“NCIS Hawai’i”) Melissa Villasenor (“Saturday Night Live”) Danielle Pinnock (“Ghosts”) Gabriel Iglesias (“Mr. Iglesias”) Tim Gunn (“Making the Cut”) Natasha Leggero Kyle Brandt (“Days of Our Lives”) Roy Wood Jr (“The Daily Show”) Former NFL stars Marcellus Wiley, Rashad Jennings and Jared Allen
The show sees celebrities compete for up to $1 million, which is donated to charity of the winner’s choice.
The casting announcement, which was first reported by TVLine, comes as the Wheel of Fortune franchise’s long-time host Pat Sajak announced he will retire after four decades,...
- 9/12/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Ted Lasso‘s Brendan Hunt, ESPN’s Joe Buck, ’80s pop icon Debbie Gibson, Daily Show vet Roy Wood Jr. and Gomez Addams himself — Aka Wednesday‘s Luis Guzman — are among the boldfaced names headed for the spin-zone that is Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season 4.
Premiering Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on ABC, the starry primetime offshoot’s new 10-episode season will also feature Kel Mitchell (All That, Dancing With the Stars), Kim Fields (The Facts of Life, The Upshaws), magician Penn Jillette, Noah Mills (NCIS Hawai’i), Melissa Villasenor (Saturday Night Live), Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts), Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias (Mr. Iglesias...
Premiering Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on ABC, the starry primetime offshoot’s new 10-episode season will also feature Kel Mitchell (All That, Dancing With the Stars), Kim Fields (The Facts of Life, The Upshaws), magician Penn Jillette, Noah Mills (NCIS Hawai’i), Melissa Villasenor (Saturday Night Live), Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts), Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias (Mr. Iglesias...
- 9/12/2023
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Joe Buck (Jon Voight) with Ratso Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman) in John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy
In the second instalment with Nancy Buirski on Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy (special advisor Martin Scorsese) we discuss Jon Voight as Joe Buck with the little girl reading a Wonder Woman comic, Jennifer Salt’s Crazy Annie and Sylvia Miles’s Cass in Midnight Cowboy. John Schlesinger with Dp Adam Holender showing New York the way it really was, a Roberta Flack song and William Wyler’s adaption of Lilian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour, starring Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn, Nancy’s longtime cinematographer Rex Miller, Far From The Madding Crowd and Vietnam, Brian De Palma on Dennis Hopper and the “international invasion”, and screenwriter Waldo Salt also came up.
Nancy Buirski on Crazy Annie (Jennifer Salt) with Joe Buck (Jon Voight): “Many of the women in...
In the second instalment with Nancy Buirski on Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy (special advisor Martin Scorsese) we discuss Jon Voight as Joe Buck with the little girl reading a Wonder Woman comic, Jennifer Salt’s Crazy Annie and Sylvia Miles’s Cass in Midnight Cowboy. John Schlesinger with Dp Adam Holender showing New York the way it really was, a Roberta Flack song and William Wyler’s adaption of Lilian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour, starring Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn, Nancy’s longtime cinematographer Rex Miller, Far From The Madding Crowd and Vietnam, Brian De Palma on Dennis Hopper and the “international invasion”, and screenwriter Waldo Salt also came up.
Nancy Buirski on Crazy Annie (Jennifer Salt) with Joe Buck (Jon Voight): “Many of the women in...
- 7/13/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When Midnight Cowboy came out in 1969, Miami Herald critic John Huddy heralded its arrival with a string of superlatives: “Staggering, shattering, heartbreaking, hilarious, tragic, raw and absurd.”
Over the years, the ranks of its admirers has only grown, among them documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski.
“I remember feeling that it was a really radical film,” recalls Buirski, who first saw Midnight Cowboy sometime after its original release. “It felt different from anything I had seen… It was like a gut punch.”
Director Nancy Buirski
Buirski’s documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, now playing in limited release in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Detroit and other cities, digs into the loam that produced such a bleak yet beautiful flower of a film. Midnight Cowboy hit theaters the same year as Hello, Dolly! and Paint Your Wagon but unlike those celluloid larks, John Schlesinger’s film...
Over the years, the ranks of its admirers has only grown, among them documentary filmmaker Nancy Buirski.
“I remember feeling that it was a really radical film,” recalls Buirski, who first saw Midnight Cowboy sometime after its original release. “It felt different from anything I had seen… It was like a gut punch.”
Director Nancy Buirski
Buirski’s documentary Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, now playing in limited release in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Detroit and other cities, digs into the loam that produced such a bleak yet beautiful flower of a film. Midnight Cowboy hit theaters the same year as Hello, Dolly! and Paint Your Wagon but unlike those celluloid larks, John Schlesinger’s film...
- 6/30/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
More players are leaving the field at ESPN.
Max Kellerman, the TV host, Keyshawn Johnson, the morning-show personality, Jeff Van Gundy, the veteran basketball analyst, and Jalen Rose, the NBA-player-turned-commentator, are all exiting the Disney sports-media giant, according to two people familiar with the matter, as executives look for ways to prune costs at the operation as its parent corporation grapples with seismic changes in its business.
“Given the current environment, ESPN has determined it necessary to identify some additional cost savings in the area of public-facing commentator salaries, and that process has begun,” the company said in a statement. “This exercise will include a small group of job cuts in the short-term and an ongoing focus on managing costs when we negotiate individual contract renewals in the months ahead. This is an extremely challenging process, involving individuals who have had tremendous impact on our company. These difficult decisions, based...
Max Kellerman, the TV host, Keyshawn Johnson, the morning-show personality, Jeff Van Gundy, the veteran basketball analyst, and Jalen Rose, the NBA-player-turned-commentator, are all exiting the Disney sports-media giant, according to two people familiar with the matter, as executives look for ways to prune costs at the operation as its parent corporation grapples with seismic changes in its business.
“Given the current environment, ESPN has determined it necessary to identify some additional cost savings in the area of public-facing commentator salaries, and that process has begun,” the company said in a statement. “This exercise will include a small group of job cuts in the short-term and an ongoing focus on managing costs when we negotiate individual contract renewals in the months ahead. This is an extremely challenging process, involving individuals who have had tremendous impact on our company. These difficult decisions, based...
- 6/30/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Footage of late Sixties New York City seamlessly sways into Dustin Hoffman’s Ratso Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy stealing a handful of plum tomatoes and a coconut from a fruit stand with help from his new sidekick Joe Buck (Jon Voight). “These Eyes” sing Guess Who, and Lucy Sante comments that the film “could be an advertisement for anti-glamour and yet by doing this it manages to express the zeitgeist.”
Nancy Buirski’s masterful Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy, edited with Anthony Ripoli is much more than a documentary on John Schlesinger’s multiple Oscar-winning film. Based on James Leo Herlihy’s novel, adapted by Waldo Salt, shot by Adam Holender, with costumes by Ann Roth, Midnight Cowboy features an impressive supporting cast, including Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Salt, and...
Nancy Buirski’s masterful Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy, edited with Anthony Ripoli is much more than a documentary on John Schlesinger’s multiple Oscar-winning film. Based on James Leo Herlihy’s novel, adapted by Waldo Salt, shot by Adam Holender, with costumes by Ann Roth, Midnight Cowboy features an impressive supporting cast, including Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Salt, and...
- 6/29/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Desperate Souls, Dark City and The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy director Nancy Buirski on Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo: “They become appealing because of these wonderful performances by Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman.”
Nancy Buirski’s masterpiece is much more than a documentary on John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy, screenplay by Waldo Salt, shot by Adam Holender, costumes by Ann Roth, and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman with Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Salt, and Bob Balaban. Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy, edited by Anthony Ripoli, features on-camera interviews shot by Rex Miller with Lucy Sante, Brian De Palma, Edmund White, Michael Childers, Charles Kaiser, Jim Hoberman, Ian Buruma, Voight, Vaccaro, Balaban, Holender, and Jennifer Salt.
Brenda Vaccaro with John Schlesinger: “Ann Roth saved my life,” says Vaccaro, “by putting me in that fur coat.”
The evocative, wide-ranging, and evermore timely documentary drops us...
Nancy Buirski’s masterpiece is much more than a documentary on John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy, screenplay by Waldo Salt, shot by Adam Holender, costumes by Ann Roth, and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman with Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, Jennifer Salt, and Bob Balaban. Desperate Souls, Dark City And The Legend Of Midnight Cowboy, edited by Anthony Ripoli, features on-camera interviews shot by Rex Miller with Lucy Sante, Brian De Palma, Edmund White, Michael Childers, Charles Kaiser, Jim Hoberman, Ian Buruma, Voight, Vaccaro, Balaban, Holender, and Jennifer Salt.
Brenda Vaccaro with John Schlesinger: “Ann Roth saved my life,” says Vaccaro, “by putting me in that fur coat.”
The evocative, wide-ranging, and evermore timely documentary drops us...
- 6/26/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A movie, good, bad or indifferent, is always “about” something. But some movies are about more things than others, and as you watch “Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy,” Nancy Buirski’s rapt, incisive, and beautifully exploratory making-of-a-movie documentary, what comes into focus is that “Midnight Cowboy” was about so many things that audiences could sink into the film as if it were a piece of their own lives.
The movie was about loneliness. It was about dreams, sunny yet broken. It was about gay male sexuality and the shock of really seeing it, for the first time, in a major motion picture. It was about the crush and alienation of New York City: the godless concrete carnival wasteland, which had never been captured onscreen with the telephoto authenticity it had here. The movie was also about the larger sexual revolution — what the scuzziness of “free love” really looked like,...
The movie was about loneliness. It was about dreams, sunny yet broken. It was about gay male sexuality and the shock of really seeing it, for the first time, in a major motion picture. It was about the crush and alienation of New York City: the godless concrete carnival wasteland, which had never been captured onscreen with the telephoto authenticity it had here. The movie was also about the larger sexual revolution — what the scuzziness of “free love” really looked like,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Daddy Issues, the podcast hosted by NFL announcer Joe Buck and The Cleaning Lady star Oliver Hudson, is being developed into a TV series.
Fox is developing an animated sitcom based on the podcast.
It reunites Buck with Fox, where he previously served as an NFL and MLB announcer between 1994 and 2022 before moving to ESPN to cover Monday Night Football.
The series, which is in development with a script commitment, is an ensemble buddy comedy inspired by the podcast that follows the true-life experiences of best friends, Joe Buck and Oliver Hudson, as they try to survive the numerous minefields that come with being dads, husbands and best friends.
Buck and Hudson will voice characters on the series and will exec produce. Maria Pepin will also exec produce with Margot Carmichael, who produced the podcast, serving as an executive consultant.
It comes from Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment. Writers...
Fox is developing an animated sitcom based on the podcast.
It reunites Buck with Fox, where he previously served as an NFL and MLB announcer between 1994 and 2022 before moving to ESPN to cover Monday Night Football.
The series, which is in development with a script commitment, is an ensemble buddy comedy inspired by the podcast that follows the true-life experiences of best friends, Joe Buck and Oliver Hudson, as they try to survive the numerous minefields that come with being dads, husbands and best friends.
Buck and Hudson will voice characters on the series and will exec produce. Maria Pepin will also exec produce with Margot Carmichael, who produced the podcast, serving as an executive consultant.
It comes from Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment. Writers...
- 6/14/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It may be the NFL offseason but Monday Night Football commentator Troy Aikman is making headlines after he was photographed with a woman who is not his wife.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback’s marriage to his wife Catherine “Capa” Mooty appears to be over after a woman named Haley Clark posted photos of herself kissing the Hall of Famer. Here’s more about Aikman’s rumored girlfriend including what their age difference is.
Troy Aikman hugging his second wife Capa Mooty prior to a Dallas Stars game | Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who is Haley Clark and how much younger is she than Aikman?
Aikman was born in West Covina, California, on Nov. 21, 1966. His family relocated to Henryetta, Oklahoma, when he was 12 years old. He played football and baseball and was offered a contract by the New York Mets out of high school. However, he chose to...
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback’s marriage to his wife Catherine “Capa” Mooty appears to be over after a woman named Haley Clark posted photos of herself kissing the Hall of Famer. Here’s more about Aikman’s rumored girlfriend including what their age difference is.
Troy Aikman hugging his second wife Capa Mooty prior to a Dallas Stars game | Matthew Pearce/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Who is Haley Clark and how much younger is she than Aikman?
Aikman was born in West Covina, California, on Nov. 21, 1966. His family relocated to Henryetta, Oklahoma, when he was 12 years old. He played football and baseball and was offered a contract by the New York Mets out of high school. However, he chose to...
- 6/9/2023
- by Michelle Kapusta
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In an upfront week otherwise marked by smaller-scale events, and a lack of star power on stage, Disney threw everything it had (short of any actors) in an expansive upfront presentation Tuesday afternoon.
And that included dozens of stunt performers dressed as samurai engaging in combat in the aisles. But we’ll get back to that.
In a cavernous hall in Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, on an enormous stage that took some talent a full minute to walk across, Disney touted every single one of its brands, from ESPN and ABC to FX and Disney+, to Marvel and Lucasfilm.
And while there may not have been any actors, the company included every star it could secure, from ESPN talent like Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning, Hannah Storm and (their soon-to-be-colleague) Pat McAfee, to ABC News anchors David Muir, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan (24 hours after he appeared...
And that included dozens of stunt performers dressed as samurai engaging in combat in the aisles. But we’ll get back to that.
In a cavernous hall in Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center, on an enormous stage that took some talent a full minute to walk across, Disney touted every single one of its brands, from ESPN and ABC to FX and Disney+, to Marvel and Lucasfilm.
And while there may not have been any actors, the company included every star it could secure, from ESPN talent like Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Peyton Manning, Hannah Storm and (their soon-to-be-colleague) Pat McAfee, to ABC News anchors David Muir, George Stephanopoulos, and Michael Strahan (24 hours after he appeared...
- 5/16/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disney’s annual upfront presentation leaned heavily on the company’s non-scripted programming, opening with nearly an hour of focus on ESPN and its sports offerings. The emphasis on live events, of course, comes as the writers strike continues and is expected to impact the fall TV season.
In fact, around 100 Writers Guild members and other union supporters marched outside the Javits Center on Tuesday to remind Disney they are still looking for a deal with the company and the other studios. Among those seen on the picket line: Zach Cherry and Michael Emerson.
Inside the Javits, sports and news stars from within Disney were out in force, while reality personalities like Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Jesse Palmer and Ryan Seacrest made appearances as well. Even Wabc-tv New York anchors Sade Baderinwa and Bill Ritter got some time onstage.
Read some of the key takeaways from the presentation below.
The...
In fact, around 100 Writers Guild members and other union supporters marched outside the Javits Center on Tuesday to remind Disney they are still looking for a deal with the company and the other studios. Among those seen on the picket line: Zach Cherry and Michael Emerson.
Inside the Javits, sports and news stars from within Disney were out in force, while reality personalities like Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Jesse Palmer and Ryan Seacrest made appearances as well. Even Wabc-tv New York anchors Sade Baderinwa and Bill Ritter got some time onstage.
Read some of the key takeaways from the presentation below.
The...
- 5/16/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Jon Voight is one of the most famous actors in Hollywood, and he’s been in the spotlight for more than 50 years. The Academy Award-winning actor is well-known for his performance as Joe Buck in the movie Midnight Cowboy screened in 1969. However, he went on to star in tons of top-notch films moving forward. The actor often makes headlines because of his involvement in both show business and politics. Needless to say, he’s been at the center of topics that continue to spark interest and controversy. In that vein, here are a few interesting facts about Jon Voight. 1.
- 5/7/2023
- by Hina
- TVovermind.com
Disney’s widespread layoffs are not going quite as deep at ESPN as in other parts of the empire, but the roster of those departing does include at least one high-ranking exec: Russell Wolff, Gm of ESPN+.
The EVP’s exit was reported by multiple media outlets and then confirmed to Deadline by a person familiar with the cuts, whose second wave began rolling out Monday and will continue until Thursday. Disney plans to lay off some 7,000 workers, roughly 3% of its global workforce, in pursuit of $5.5 billion in cost savings. ESPN is expected to cut fewer than 100 workers during this round.
Wolff was promoted to his current role in 2018, the same year ESPN+ launched. The service now ended 2022 with 24.9 million subscribers. In a note to his colleagues (read it below), Wolff said he would be departing in July, capping a 26-year run at the network. Prior to running ESPN+, Wolff...
The EVP’s exit was reported by multiple media outlets and then confirmed to Deadline by a person familiar with the cuts, whose second wave began rolling out Monday and will continue until Thursday. Disney plans to lay off some 7,000 workers, roughly 3% of its global workforce, in pursuit of $5.5 billion in cost savings. ESPN is expected to cut fewer than 100 workers during this round.
Wolff was promoted to his current role in 2018, the same year ESPN+ launched. The service now ended 2022 with 24.9 million subscribers. In a note to his colleagues (read it below), Wolff said he would be departing in July, capping a 26-year run at the network. Prior to running ESPN+, Wolff...
- 4/25/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveOne (Nasdaq: Lvo), announced today that it has acquired the network distribution and advertising sales rights to I’ve Had It hosted by Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, as well as Causing a Scene with Sara and Natalie (formerly known as Netchicks) hosted by Sara Gretzky and Natalie Buck.
Since its debut in October 2022, and with a few dozen episodes to date, comedy podcast I’ve Had It has soared to the top of Apple podcast charts and become a viral sensation on Twitter and TikTok along the way with their unfiltered, hilarious rants on everything from manifesting to baby showers. Hosts Jennifer, a successful Oklahoma City based interior designer and mother of two, and Pumps, an attorney and mother of three, co-starred on the Bravo television show 'Sweet Home Oklahoma' prior to launching the podcast. Each week Welch and Pumps,...
Since its debut in October 2022, and with a few dozen episodes to date, comedy podcast I’ve Had It has soared to the top of Apple podcast charts and become a viral sensation on Twitter and TikTok along the way with their unfiltered, hilarious rants on everything from manifesting to baby showers. Hosts Jennifer, a successful Oklahoma City based interior designer and mother of two, and Pumps, an attorney and mother of three, co-starred on the Bravo television show 'Sweet Home Oklahoma' prior to launching the podcast. Each week Welch and Pumps,...
- 4/17/2023
- Podnews.net
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin shocked the world on January 2, 2023 when he suffered cardiac arrest after making a tackle live on “Monday Night Football.” The game was postponed as he was rushed to the hospital, and he slowly recovered for a week until he was ultimately released on January 9. During the “Sesame Street”-themed March 15 episode of “The Masked Singer,” an energetic Hamlin appeared with his kid brother Damir to give everyone a health update (and reveal a clue for the Squirrel).
“The man that brought the whole world together and inspired us all,” declared “Tms” host Nick Cannon as he introduced the Buffalo Bills safety to the audience.
See ‘The Masked Singer’: Most famous celebrities of all time
Sports fanatic Ken Jeong could barely contain his composure as he laid eyes on the fully recovered football star. “I’m just so glad you’re here,” the panelist readily admitted while fighting back tears.
“The man that brought the whole world together and inspired us all,” declared “Tms” host Nick Cannon as he introduced the Buffalo Bills safety to the audience.
See ‘The Masked Singer’: Most famous celebrities of all time
Sports fanatic Ken Jeong could barely contain his composure as he laid eyes on the fully recovered football star. “I’m just so glad you’re here,” the panelist readily admitted while fighting back tears.
- 3/16/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Tim McCarver, who transitioned from an All-Star baseball playing career to a legendary stint in the broadcast booth, has died at the age of 81.
McCarver’s death on Thursday was announced by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which gave McCarver the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence in 2012. “Tim McCarver’s immense impact on baseball spanned generations, from a 21-year career on the field to the broadcast booth, where his insights and passion for the game made him one of its most beloved voices,” Hall of Fame chairman Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement. “On behalf of...
McCarver’s death on Thursday was announced by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which gave McCarver the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence in 2012. “Tim McCarver’s immense impact on baseball spanned generations, from a 21-year career on the field to the broadcast booth, where his insights and passion for the game made him one of its most beloved voices,” Hall of Fame chairman Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement. “On behalf of...
- 2/16/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher who made the Baseball Hall of Fame as an sometimes-controversial announcer and had a long-running syndicated interview program, died today of heart failure in Memphis. He was 81.
His death was announced by the Hall of Fame.
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McCarver’s long baseball career spanned four decades from 1959-80, mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, for which he caught for a pair of all-time greats in Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton, respectively. He was a two-time All-Star and won a pair of World Series with the Cardinals in 1964 and 1967.
But he probably is best remembered for his long stint as a network color commenter, covering two dozens World Series for ABC,...
His death was announced by the Hall of Fame.
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McCarver’s long baseball career spanned four decades from 1959-80, mostly with the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, for which he caught for a pair of all-time greats in Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton, respectively. He was a two-time All-Star and won a pair of World Series with the Cardinals in 1964 and 1967.
But he probably is best remembered for his long stint as a network color commenter, covering two dozens World Series for ABC,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher whose cerebral approach behind the plate over four decades led to a Hall of Fame career as a baseball broadcaster, has died. He was 81.
McCarver died Thursday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced. The cause of death was heart failure.
McCarver broke into the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 at age 17 and took his final swings for the 1980 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. Blessed with a good eye and a disciplined approach in the batter’s box, he compiled a .271 batting average over 21 seasons and pushed the Cardinals to titles in 1964 and ’67.
The Memphis native, who also played for the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, developed a strong rapport with Hall of Fame pitchers Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton, earning two All-Star appearances and a spot in the Cardinals Hall of Fame.
In 2012, McCarver received the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting,...
McCarver died Thursday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced. The cause of death was heart failure.
McCarver broke into the major leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 at age 17 and took his final swings for the 1980 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies. Blessed with a good eye and a disciplined approach in the batter’s box, he compiled a .271 batting average over 21 seasons and pushed the Cardinals to titles in 1964 and ’67.
The Memphis native, who also played for the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, developed a strong rapport with Hall of Fame pitchers Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton, earning two All-Star appearances and a spot in the Cardinals Hall of Fame.
In 2012, McCarver received the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Ira Kaufman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Super Bowl Lvii pitting the AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFC champs the Philadelphia Eagles is Sunday, February 12 in Glendale, Az, with kickoff set for 6:30 p.m. Et/3:30 p.m. Pt on Fox and in Spanish on Fox Deportes, with the game also available on FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app.
It will mark the 10th Super Bowl broadcast for Fox Sports. The network’s lead NFL team Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play) and Greg Olsen (analyst) will have the game call from State Farm Stadium, marking their first Super Bowl assignment following the departure of longtime team Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
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It will mark the 10th Super Bowl broadcast for Fox Sports. The network’s lead NFL team Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play) and Greg Olsen (analyst) will have the game call from State Farm Stadium, marking their first Super Bowl assignment following the departure of longtime team Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
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- 2/12/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Football legend Tom Brady plans to start his sportscasting duties for Fox in the fall of 2024, the retired athlete revealed during an interview Monday of Fox Sports 1.
Brady’s arrival had previously been uncertain, particularly after he announced his retirement at the end of the NFL’s 2022 season, then reneged.
He is expected to call NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, the Fox Sports announcer whose role was recently elevated after the exit of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
Brady “will not only call our biggest NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, but will also serve as an ambassador for us, particularly with respect to client and promotional initiatives,” Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch told investors in May of last year.
Brady’s hire represents the latest in a flurry of big talent changes for major football broadcasts. All the TV networks with NFL rights are looking to woo bigger audiences...
Brady’s arrival had previously been uncertain, particularly after he announced his retirement at the end of the NFL’s 2022 season, then reneged.
He is expected to call NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, the Fox Sports announcer whose role was recently elevated after the exit of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
Brady “will not only call our biggest NFL games with Kevin Burkhardt, but will also serve as an ambassador for us, particularly with respect to client and promotional initiatives,” Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch told investors in May of last year.
Brady’s hire represents the latest in a flurry of big talent changes for major football broadcasts. All the TV networks with NFL rights are looking to woo bigger audiences...
- 2/6/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Damar Hamlin has been released from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and has returned home to Buffalo after spending a week under intensive care.
Hamlin has been transferred to Buffalo General Medical Center, where he will continue his recovery, per his doctors.
Physicians at the Uc Medical Center made the announcement Monday, saying Hamlin began walking again on Friday and “appears to be neurologically completely intact.”
Hamlin posted an update on Twitter, writing, “Headed home to Buffalo today with a lot of love on my heart. Watching the world come together around me on Sunday was truly an amazing feeling. The same love you all have shown me is the same love that I plan to put back into the world [and] more. Bigger than football!”
Headed home to Buffalo today with a lot of love on my heart.
Hamlin has been transferred to Buffalo General Medical Center, where he will continue his recovery, per his doctors.
Physicians at the Uc Medical Center made the announcement Monday, saying Hamlin began walking again on Friday and “appears to be neurologically completely intact.”
Hamlin posted an update on Twitter, writing, “Headed home to Buffalo today with a lot of love on my heart. Watching the world come together around me on Sunday was truly an amazing feeling. The same love you all have shown me is the same love that I plan to put back into the world [and] more. Bigger than football!”
Headed home to Buffalo today with a lot of love on my heart.
- 1/9/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Damar Hamlin is now breathing independently and able to speak after the Buffalo Bills player suffered cardiac arrest on-field against the Cincinnati Bengals on Jan. 2 and was rushed into intensive care.
Hamlin had previously been relying on a breathing tube and was communicating to his family and medical professionals in writing. Now, the tube has been removed, and Hamlin is communicating verbally. According to the Bills, he addressed his teammates and coaches via FaceTime, saying, “Love you boys.”
Damar Hamlin FaceTimed into our team meeting today to talk to players and coaches.
What he said to the team: “Love you boys.” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/8dorrWNaxt
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 6, 2023
In another tweet, the Bills wrote, “Per the physicians at Ucmc, Damar’s breathing tube was removed overnight. He continues to progress remarkably in his recovery. His neurologic function remains intact and he has been able to talk to his family and care team.
Hamlin had previously been relying on a breathing tube and was communicating to his family and medical professionals in writing. Now, the tube has been removed, and Hamlin is communicating verbally. According to the Bills, he addressed his teammates and coaches via FaceTime, saying, “Love you boys.”
Damar Hamlin FaceTimed into our team meeting today to talk to players and coaches.
What he said to the team: “Love you boys.” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/8dorrWNaxt
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 6, 2023
In another tweet, the Bills wrote, “Per the physicians at Ucmc, Damar’s breathing tube was removed overnight. He continues to progress remarkably in his recovery. His neurologic function remains intact and he has been able to talk to his family and care team.
- 1/6/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
The NFL says it has no idea why ESPN said on-air that the teams were given “five minutes” to warm up and possibly resume play, after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on field — to which the sports cabler countered, “we reported what we were told.”
During the first quarter of the Jan. 2, Monday Night Football match-up between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, Hamlin stood up after a tackle, but collapsed right after. After being treated on the field by emergency medical personnel, Hamlin was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center via ambulance, and the game was temporarily suspended,...
During the first quarter of the Jan. 2, Monday Night Football match-up between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals, Hamlin stood up after a tackle, but collapsed right after. After being treated on the field by emergency medical personnel, Hamlin was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center via ambulance, and the game was temporarily suspended,...
- 1/4/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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The Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals was postponed after Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field, was given CPR and then taken away by ambulance.
The 24-year-old safety was hospitalized in critical condition, with the NFL saying in a statement, “Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available.”
Later on Monday, the Buffalo Bills tweeted that Hamlin had “suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit.” The Bills post read: “His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the Uc Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition.”
A rep for the family shared on Tuesday morning that Hamlin was fighting. “He’s a fighter,” said Jordon Rooney, speaking from the hospital to ABC News’ Good Morning America.
The Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals was postponed after Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field, was given CPR and then taken away by ambulance.
The 24-year-old safety was hospitalized in critical condition, with the NFL saying in a statement, “Our thoughts are with Damar and the Buffalo Bills. We will provide more information as it becomes available.”
Later on Monday, the Buffalo Bills tweeted that Hamlin had “suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit.” The Bills post read: “His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the Uc Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition.”
A rep for the family shared on Tuesday morning that Hamlin was fighting. “He’s a fighter,” said Jordon Rooney, speaking from the hospital to ABC News’ Good Morning America.
- 1/3/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: After Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed after a hit and was taken off the field by an ambulance, the NFL announced that the Bills-Bengals game will not be resumed this week. The league said in a statement Tuesday, “The NFL has made no decision regarding the possible resumption of the game at a later date. The league has not made any changes to the Week 18 regular season schedule. We will continue to provide additional information as it becomes available.”
The “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended in the first quarter after Hamlin collapsed after a hit and suffered cardiac arrest, according to a statement from the Buffalo Bills released via Twitter at 1:48 a.m. Et.
The tweet confirmed NFL and ESPN reports that the player received CPR on the field, explaining that “his heartbeat was restored on the field...
The “Monday Night Football” game between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was suspended in the first quarter after Hamlin collapsed after a hit and suffered cardiac arrest, according to a statement from the Buffalo Bills released via Twitter at 1:48 a.m. Et.
The tweet confirmed NFL and ESPN reports that the player received CPR on the field, explaining that “his heartbeat was restored on the field...
- 1/3/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
A Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals was suspended Monday after Bills player Damar Hamlin was involved in a hit that required emergency medical personnel to administer CPR for a reported nine minutes.
Per ESPN announcer Joe Buck, who was calling the game being held in Cincinnati, Bills safety Hamlin went down around 8:55 pm, stood and then collapsed soon after. When the broadcast came back from a commercial break, the team had gathered around Hamlin and the emergency medical personnel who were treating him on the field. Buck later told the audience that...
Per ESPN announcer Joe Buck, who was calling the game being held in Cincinnati, Bills safety Hamlin went down around 8:55 pm, stood and then collapsed soon after. When the broadcast came back from a commercial break, the team had gathered around Hamlin and the emergency medical personnel who were treating him on the field. Buck later told the audience that...
- 1/3/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Stephen A. Smith has found time to take on yet another job for ESPN.
The “First Take” commentator and “NBA Countdown” analyst will tackle the increasingly in-demand job of hosting an alternative broadcast for some of ESPN’s NBA games, the latest effort by the sports-media giant to generate new audiences for the games it shows thanks to pricey rights deals with big sports leagues.
When Smith debuts the first of four scheduled “NBA in Stephen A’s World” shows on October 26, he intends to give NBA fans a look at how he watches sports. Viewers will see “a very relaxed format,” he tells Variety in an interview, that will put a spotlight on “how I watch a game, the kind of things that I pay attention to, the kind of things I talk about when I’m just sitting around talking to family and friends.” He will bring on...
The “First Take” commentator and “NBA Countdown” analyst will tackle the increasingly in-demand job of hosting an alternative broadcast for some of ESPN’s NBA games, the latest effort by the sports-media giant to generate new audiences for the games it shows thanks to pricey rights deals with big sports leagues.
When Smith debuts the first of four scheduled “NBA in Stephen A’s World” shows on October 26, he intends to give NBA fans a look at how he watches sports. Viewers will see “a very relaxed format,” he tells Variety in an interview, that will put a spotlight on “how I watch a game, the kind of things that I pay attention to, the kind of things I talk about when I’m just sitting around talking to family and friends.” He will bring on...
- 10/20/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
On the latest installment of Celebrity Jeopardy!, host Mayim Bialik was interviewing that night’s contestants when a potentially awkward topic came up: Actor Ike Barinholtz is a huge fan of the other current Jeopardy! host, Ken Jennings. Barinholtz quickly elaborated that he loved watching Jennings as a Jeopardy! superchampion. As far as Bialik and Jennings as hosts, he said, “You are both my children!”
Jennings actually appeared later in the episode, sort of, providing pre-recorded clues in a category about shows and actors who, like him as a Jeopardy!
Jennings actually appeared later in the episode, sort of, providing pre-recorded clues in a category about shows and actors who, like him as a Jeopardy!
- 10/11/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Up against former teammate Russell Wilson and his new Denver Broncos crew, the Seattle Seahawks desperately wanted a win last night at home.
With a 17-16 result on Monday Night Football, they got one — and so did ESPN, ABC and the NFL.
In one for the books, last night’s primetime gridiron matchup in Jet City was watched by 19.9 million viewers.
To capture the magnitude of that Monday audience, Mnf’s viewership was 236 greater than the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards over on NBC at the same time. In fact, while the Emmys hit an all-time low, the ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes broadcast game has proven to be the third-most-watched Mnf since 2009. The Seahawks’ win over Denver and Wilson also was the fourth-most-viewed NFL regular season game ever on the Disney-owned sports cabler.
For you sports trivia nuts (putting my own hand up here), the all-time record is...
With a 17-16 result on Monday Night Football, they got one — and so did ESPN, ABC and the NFL.
In one for the books, last night’s primetime gridiron matchup in Jet City was watched by 19.9 million viewers.
To capture the magnitude of that Monday audience, Mnf’s viewership was 236 greater than the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards over on NBC at the same time. In fact, while the Emmys hit an all-time low, the ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN+ and ESPN Deportes broadcast game has proven to be the third-most-watched Mnf since 2009. The Seahawks’ win over Denver and Wilson also was the fourth-most-viewed NFL regular season game ever on the Disney-owned sports cabler.
For you sports trivia nuts (putting my own hand up here), the all-time record is...
- 9/13/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
As Major League Baseball heads toward its playoffs and the NHL and NBA look ahead to October, the NFL is kicking off this week. Here’s a look at the 2022 primetime and holiday games and some key matchups (all times Pacific for brevity).
The league opened the regular season Thursday with the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams getting worked by Josh Allen and the visiting Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. NBC’s Sunday Night Football slate begins September 11 with Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers traveling to Texas to play the Dallas Cowboys.
ESPN’s Monday Night Football will open with the Denver Broncos and their new quarterback Russell Wilson heading to Seattle to play his former longtime team the Seahawks on September 12. The network’s neo-traditional opening-week doubleheader has been pushed to Week 2 and shared with its broadcast sister ABC this season. The Bills host the Tennessee Titans at 4:15 p.
The league opened the regular season Thursday with the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams getting worked by Josh Allen and the visiting Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. NBC’s Sunday Night Football slate begins September 11 with Tom Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers traveling to Texas to play the Dallas Cowboys.
ESPN’s Monday Night Football will open with the Denver Broncos and their new quarterback Russell Wilson heading to Seattle to play his former longtime team the Seahawks on September 12. The network’s neo-traditional opening-week doubleheader has been pushed to Week 2 and shared with its broadcast sister ABC this season. The Bills host the Tennessee Titans at 4:15 p.
- 9/10/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The new team at NBC’s “Football Night in America” has yet to work a “Sunday Night Football” game in this year’s official NFL season, but they’ve already weathered at least one storm.
During NBC’s broadcast of the 2022 Hall of Fame Game last month, Jason Garrett, the former Dallas Cowboys head coach who is still relatively new to the art of TV sportscasting, got a bulletin in his ear courtesy of producer Matt Casey. “Looks like we have a rain delay,” Garrett recalls being told. “You guys are going to have to fill for half an hour.” Garrett, who has been working NBC’s Usfl broadcasts to warm up for his new stint on “Football Night,” took a moment to collect himself: “Oh, this is interesting.”
Everything that could have gone wrong with that telecast did, says Maria Taylor, who is taking over as the main host of the program this season.
During NBC’s broadcast of the 2022 Hall of Fame Game last month, Jason Garrett, the former Dallas Cowboys head coach who is still relatively new to the art of TV sportscasting, got a bulletin in his ear courtesy of producer Matt Casey. “Looks like we have a rain delay,” Garrett recalls being told. “You guys are going to have to fill for half an hour.” Garrett, who has been working NBC’s Usfl broadcasts to warm up for his new stint on “Football Night,” took a moment to collect himself: “Oh, this is interesting.”
Everything that could have gone wrong with that telecast did, says Maria Taylor, who is taking over as the main host of the program this season.
- 9/8/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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A hot trend in publishing these days is to write an entire book about the making of one seminal movie. In the last few years there have been books about West Side Story (the 1961 Oscar winner, not the Spielberg remake), The Wild Bunch, Chinatown and The Godfather, to name a few. Glenn Frankel, who wrote earlier books about the making of High Noon and The Searchers, followed up last year with Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic. Now that book has in turn inspired a new documentary by Nancy Buirski, which is playing in both Venice and Tellurida.
Although a 101-minute movie will never have the breadth or depth of a 340-page book, Buirski’s film does have the advantage of providing revealing on-camera interviews with several of the movie’s principals, including actors Jon Voight,...
A hot trend in publishing these days is to write an entire book about the making of one seminal movie. In the last few years there have been books about West Side Story (the 1961 Oscar winner, not the Spielberg remake), The Wild Bunch, Chinatown and The Godfather, to name a few. Glenn Frankel, who wrote earlier books about the making of High Noon and The Searchers, followed up last year with Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic. Now that book has in turn inspired a new documentary by Nancy Buirski, which is playing in both Venice and Tellurida.
Although a 101-minute movie will never have the breadth or depth of a 340-page book, Buirski’s film does have the advantage of providing revealing on-camera interviews with several of the movie’s principals, including actors Jon Voight,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2022 NFL regular season kicks off Thursday, September 8, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, as Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills visit Matthew Stafford (pictured) and the Super Bowl Lvi champion Los Angeles Rams on NBC. This season has big changes to the NFL’s TV landscape, with Thursday Night Football now streaming exclusively on Prime Video. Al Michaels calls the Tnf games with analyst Kirk Herbstreit. Tnf makes its debut on Prime Video in Week 2 as Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers visit Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at Kansas City’s Geha Field at Arrowhead Stadium. Mike Tirico replaces Michaels on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, joining returning analyst Cris Collinsworth. NBC’s Week 1 Sunday night matchup has Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, to square off against Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys. Longtime Fox broadcasters Joe Buck...
- 9/1/2022
- TV Insider
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2022 Venice Film Festival. Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber releases the film in select theaters on Friday, June 23.
Perhaps the most explicit and emotionally intense film of the New Hollywood era — and yet in its “Odd Couple” theme and wistful sensibility a profoundly Old Hollywood film, too — “Midnight Cowboy” remains littered with contradictions. Gay and tender, its representation of sex is vile. It’s nostalgic and hopeless; a celebration of the counter-culture and, seemingly, an indictment of its decadence. All that makes Nancy Buirski’s new documentary about its production and legacy more interesting.
Not that “Midnight Cowboy” isn’t already fruitful subject matter. James Leo Herlihy’s radical 1965 novel was picked up by British kitchen sink filmmaker John Schlesinger, who related to its themes of repressed homosexuality, loneliness, victimhood and how our identities are, in truth, whatever we want them to be.
Perhaps the most explicit and emotionally intense film of the New Hollywood era — and yet in its “Odd Couple” theme and wistful sensibility a profoundly Old Hollywood film, too — “Midnight Cowboy” remains littered with contradictions. Gay and tender, its representation of sex is vile. It’s nostalgic and hopeless; a celebration of the counter-culture and, seemingly, an indictment of its decadence. All that makes Nancy Buirski’s new documentary about its production and legacy more interesting.
Not that “Midnight Cowboy” isn’t already fruitful subject matter. James Leo Herlihy’s radical 1965 novel was picked up by British kitchen sink filmmaker John Schlesinger, who related to its themes of repressed homosexuality, loneliness, victimhood and how our identities are, in truth, whatever we want them to be.
- 9/1/2022
- by Adam Solomons
- Indiewire
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