
NBCUniversal is said to be optimistic that they will be able to debut original series for their upcoming streaming service Peacock before year’s end, including the Saved by the Bell and Punky Brewster revivals among others. Production on many series have been paused due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has shut down many of them […]

Comcast’s NBCUniversal is reportedly in talks to buy VUDU, the Walmart-owned VOD rental, download and free streaming service in a report by WSJ. Speculation is NBCU will merge VUDU with Fandango Now, boosting NBCU’s digital-video presence ahead of the launch of its streaming service Peacock which will have a hybrid free and paid model. Walmart […]

NBCUniversal has announced when its Peacock streaming video service will begin, and how much the service will cost. Subscribers to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 cable service and Flex streaming dashboard will have first crack at using Peacock on April 15th. Others will have to wait until July 15th during the Summer Olympics to start streaming from […]

NBCUniversal has renewed the The Kelly Clarkson Show through the 2020-2021 season, extending Clarkson’s daytime run. The American Idol and Voice coach’s show has been hitting hight notes in the ratings so far, with its debut back in September scoring the highest debut (a 1.9 household metered market rating and a 6 share in the […]

Comcast has announced Peacock, the NBCUniversal streaming service which is set to launch April 2020 and will boast more than 15,000 hours of content from their film and TV vaults. The service will launch with both advertising and subscription supported models with details on pricing and distribution closer to release. The platform will feature more […]

In July 30 Rock creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock announced they are coming back to NBC with a half-hour comedy series starring Ted Danson and set to run as an exclusive on the upcoming NBCUniversal streaming platform. Now, THR reports that the still-untitled series began its life as a full-on 30 Rock spinoff with Alec […]

The Office will be leaving Netflix at the end of next year to head to NBC’s upcoming streaming service at the start of 2021, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Netflix has held the USA streaming rights for the series since it ended its run on NBC in 2013. Universal Television held a bidding war for the […]

Today Comcast has agreed to sell its ownership stake in Hulu to Disney. While sale won’t happen for at least another five years, Disney will take full operational control of Hulu going forward now. Hulu was at one time a joint venture between Disney, 21st Century Fox (Which both Comcast and Disney tried to acquire) […]
May 14 2019 | Posted in
News,
News/Reviews |
Read More »

Jerry Springer already has his next gig lined up, following the June announcement that NBCUniversal is longer making new episodes of his long-running talk show: a syndicated daytime courtroom show from the studio that brought you the Jerry Springer Show, aptly titled Judge Jerry. Sources indicate the series is still in development, but that NBCUniversal […]

The second season of the docuseries Very Cavallari will premiere in 2019 with 10 one-hour long episodes and will continue to follow the reality star’s life in Nashville, the NBCUniversal cable network announced Thursday. E! reminds us that: On the first season of Very Cavallari, fans saw a whole new side of Kristin as she […]