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EXCLUSIVE : Katie Kolben has joined APA as an agent in the Alternative and Factual Programming department. She will be based in APA’s New York office and will report to Kyle Loftus, Head of Content Development and Hayden Meyer head of Alternative and Factual Programming. Kolben comes to APA from ICM Partners where she worked for 11 years, the past 7 as an agent in the Alternative Television department. She is bringing with her executive producer, director and production company clients whose credits include Brother vs. Brother (HGTV), Restored by the Fords (HGTV), Raw (Hulu), Roswell: The First Witness (History), Winnebago Man (feature), Family Karma (Bravo), The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (Bravo), Buried in the Backyard (Oxygen), Finding Andre a (Discovery+), Love and Hip Hop (VH1), Last Cowboy (CMT/Paramount+), Recipe for Disaster (CW), Murders at the Boarding House (Oxygen) and more. “It is great to have someone with Katie’s drive and … [Read more...] about ICM’s Alternative TV Agent Katie Kolben Joins APA

Nexstar , the largest TV station group, got a boost from midterm political ad spending as well as a rise in distribution and digital revenue in the second quarter. The company reported net income of $226.5 million, a rise of 13.4%, in the period ended June 30. Revenue rose to $1.25 billion, up 10%, from the same period a year earlier. The results beat analysts consensus estimates, as did earnings per share. “Our results benefited from strong year-over-year growth in political advertising, distribution, and digital revenues,” said Perry Sook, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer. Nexstar has been in the midst of expansion of its NewsNation, formerly WGN. It’s up to 60 hours a week of original content, with the recent announcement that former CNN host Chris Cuomo will join its primetime lineup in the fall. Nexstar is said to be in the process of buying a controlling stake in the CW from its parents Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery. The … [Read more...] about Political Advertising Helps Boost Nexstar With Record Q2 Revenue Of $1.25 Billion

The first batch of performers is set for 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. Coming to the stage later this month will be Anitta , J Balvin , Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! at the Disco . The annual Moon Person trophy show is set for August 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ. Kendrick Lamar, Jack Harlow & Lil Nas X coming into the show tied for the nominations lead with seven apiece. Next up are Doja Cat and Harry Styles with six each and Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd with five. The 2022 VMAs will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT Sunday, August 28, across MTV’s global linear and digital platforms in more than 170 countries. For the third straight year, the VMAs will simulcast on the CW, in addition to BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop, TVLand and VH1. Here are MTV’s mini-bios of the performers set so far: Anitta J Balvin Marshmello x Khalid Panic! at the Disco … [Read more...] about MTV VMAs Sets Stage With First Batch Of Performers For 2022 Trophy Show

EXCLUSIVE: Chyler Leigh ( Grey’s Anatomy) is set to star in The Way Home , a new, original primetime series for Hallmark Channel that’s slated to begin production later this month. It stars Andie MacDowell and is set to premiere in 2023. Leigh plays Kat Landry, who moved away from her small, Canadian farm town of Port Haven many years ago following a family tragedy, and remains estranged from her mother Del (MacDowell) to this day. With her marriage coming to an end and having just been laid off from her job, Kat decides to return home after receiving an unexpected letter from Del urging her to come back. Although her 15-year-old daughter Alice is none-too-thrilled, Kat and her daughter arrive at her family’s farm, though the reunion isn’t what Kat had envisioned. As the three generations of women slowly work on finding their footing as a family, they embark on an enlightening – and surprising – journey none of them could have imagined. The Way Home is the … [Read more...] about Chyler Leigh Stars In New Hallmark Series ‘The Way Home’

EXCLUSIVE: UK-French film company Alief has secured international sales rights to Australian filmmaker Alena Lodkina’s second feature Petrol , following its buzzy world premiere in Locarno’s Filmmakers Of The Present competition. The Melbourne-set drama, co-stars Nathalie Morris as an impressionable film student of Russian origin who falls under the thrall of an enigmatic performance artist, played by big screen newcomer Hannah Lynch. The pair move in together and their lives become more and more entwined, with Morris’s character embarking on a voyage of self-discovery played out between reality and her imagination. Morris is best known internationally for her starring role in Stan’s Australian teen pregnancy series Bump , which premieres in North America on CW Network this month and was acquired for the U.K. by the BBC. Petrol was the first Australian feature film to play in competition at Locarno since Clara Law’s Floating Life in 1996. The film is … [Read more...] about Alief Snaps Up International Sales Rights To Australian Locarno Title ‘Petrol’

Quinta Brunson , creator and star of breakout comedy series Abbott Elementary , is staying in business with Warner Bros. Television. Brunson has signed an overall deal with the studio behind the ABC series – her first overall deal. It comes after Brunson was nominated for three Emmys – Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actress, and Writing – as Abbott Elementary became the only network show to land a nomination in the Outstanding Comedy or Drama Series categories and picked up a total of seven nominations. The school comedy also scored a rare full-season 22 episode order for its second season. The exclusive, multiyear deal makes Warner Bros. TV ’s Brunson’s studio home for any new television projects. She will continue to exec produce, write and star in the show, which is produced in association with 20th Television. It returns on September 21. Brunson has worked with Warner Bros. TV since 2018, having been case in The CW pilot The End of the World as We … [Read more...] about Quinta Brunson Strikes Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV

EXCLUSIVE: The Saturn Awards have unveiled nominations for their 50th anniversary edition, with organizer the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films saying that the ceremony to reveal winners is set for October 25 in an event that will be livestreamed on ElectricNOW. Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman , directed by Matt Reeves, is the top-nominated film with 12, featuring in categories including Best Superhero Film, and acting noms for Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano and Colin Farrell. Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley from Searchlight Pictures is close behind with 10 nominations including Best Thriller Film, Best Direction (del Toro), and Writing (del Toro and Kim Morgan). Marvel Studios dominated this year’s noms in the Film and Streaming categories with movies like Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , Thor: Love and Thunder , Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home , as well as Disney+ … [Read more...] about Saturn Awards Nominations: ‘The Batman’, ‘Nightmare Alley’, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Better Call Saul’ Top List