California ’s Covid-19 death toll officially surpassed 50,000 on Thursday, according to the state’s virus tracking board. Thursday’s total of 50,991 was a big jump up from Wednesday’s due to a massive backlog deaths in Los Angeles County were tallied. Thursday’s tally becomes the state’s highest daily death toll of the pandemic. The grim news out of California follows two days after the state’s largest county — Los Angeles — reported 20,000 deaths due to the virus. LA county marked that dark milestone just one day after the country-at-large recorded 500,000 deaths related to the virus. It was only recently that California became the state with the most pandemic-related deaths. On February 10 , California recorded 44,989 Covid-19 deaths. That made it the US state with the highest number of virus-related fatalities, surpassing New York which on Wednesday recorded a total of 44,683 such deaths. Related Story Hundreds Of Additional Covid-19 Deaths Have … [Read more...] about Covid-19 Death Toll In California Tops 50,000; Highest In The US
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Showrunner Bruce Miller On Covid-19 Challenges & Series Conclusion
As in the dystopian fictional world of The Handmaid’s Tale, in real life, one of the biggest obstacles of the upcoming fourth season of the Hulu drama was getting into Canada. Though for the Elisabeth Moss starring series that barricade of sorts was more about the coronavirus pandemic than escaping a totalitarian theocracy. “Honestly the biggest change is it was difficult to get our cast into Canada to shot,” Handmaid’s showrunner Bruce Miller admitted during today’s virtual TCA panel for the show. The series based on Margaret Atwood ’s acclaimed 1985 novel has filmed in and around Toronto since its first season. Compelled to shutter like almost every other production around the globe due to then rising Covid-19 crisis last year, when the Handmaid’s Tale ramped up last fall the fact that it was filming north of the border became a deal breaker in some respects. Related Story 'The Handmaid's Tale' Reveals Season 4 Debut Date; Drops … [Read more...] about ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Showrunner Bruce Miller On Covid-19 Challenges & Series Conclusion
ABC Upfronts: Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Network, CBS, NBC, Fox
ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel gave his yearly network roast today in his 12th upfronts appearance. Last year he compared the network’s presentation to trolling a strip club for cash and pushed ABC ’s multiplatform apps. This year he roasted outgoing Disney/ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney , Entertainment Group president Paul Lee ‘s praise of new comedy Black-ish , rivals NBC , CBS , and Fox , ABC’s lineup of new programs, and the baldfaced pitch for ad dollars that are the annual upfronts: Related: ABC Upfronts Presentation 2014: Live-Blog “Sorry I’m late, I got stuck in the elevator with this guy, he’s a rapper and his wife is a singer. His sister-in-law was very upset… I don’t know about you but my favorite part of upfronts was Paul Lee saying Black-ish . Paul saying Black-ish is the ‘White-ish’ thing I’ve ever heard. You heard Paul say we’re #1. I don’t know what this #1 brand bullsh*t is… We might have to crash on your … [Read more...] about ABC Upfronts: Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Network, CBS, NBC, Fox
Networks Play It Safe, Lead-Ins Rule On 2014 Fall Schedule: Full Grid & Top Face-Offs
“Protect our young” seems to be the broadcast networks’ motto in making the fall schedules this year. Besides ABC ’s new comedies Selfie and Manhattan Love Story , which are being thrown to the wolves at 8 PM on Tuesday , there are virtually no new series that are not protected by an established lead-in, something that traditionally has been CBS ’ scheduling M.O. That is, of course, if they were not designed to work as 8 PM shows, like two new comic book-based series, Fox ’s Batman prequel Gotham and the CW’s The Flash; NBC ’s light procedural The Mysteries Of Laura; and Fox’s reality series Utopia . Observers note how conservative all the broadcast networks have been this year, with a lot of stability and not many shake-ups. The CW left three of five nights intact . There is not a single nightly lineup of all-new series on any network next fall. Because of that, there are fewer big schedule showdowns next season. We break down the top matchups below the … [Read more...] about Networks Play It Safe, Lead-Ins Rule On 2014 Fall Schedule: Full Grid & Top Face-Offs
ABC Upfronts Presentation 2014 Live-Blog: Network Touts “Passion Projects” And “Raw” ‘American Crime’
ABC will unveil its new Shonda Rhimes Thursday in the fall , and new comedy Black-ish that got the plum post- Modern Family timeslot (though its showrunner Larry Wilmore has departed for Comedy Central where he will replace Stephen Colbert). This morning, on a phone call with reporters, ABC programming chief Paul Lee had to defend his move of Rhimes’ sexy Grey’s Anatomy to the broadcast-prudish 8 PM timeslot, as well as the cultural diversity of his new series. Let’s see how these primetime schedule moves play in Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall to advertisers — and with Jimmy Kimmel : Presentation about to begin…. 4:12 PM ET: Anne Sweeney gives her final pitch to advertisers as co-chair of Disney Media Networks and Disney/ABC President, while people in the hall mull her decision to quit so she can go realize her dream of becoming a TV director . She introduces her successor, Ben Sherwood. He stands in the audience and salutes her. “Ben, I think you’re … [Read more...] about ABC Upfronts Presentation 2014 Live-Blog: Network Touts “Passion Projects” And “Raw” ‘American Crime’