Television

The darkest battles lie ahead. Castlevania: Nocturne Season 2 premieres January 2025, only on Netflix.

Heading into Emmy night, 'Shogun' already had the most Emmys for any single TV season. With a Best Drama Series win, it's raising the record higher.

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Are you ready for some football on DirecTV?

The move will help the satellite TV giant "remain competitive in the marketplace, while still delivering the best possible programming"

DirecTV told customers it's hiking prices next month, after ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels went dark in an ongoing contract fight.

Season 2 of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' was the second-most-watched streaming original series in the U.S. between Aug. 30 to Sept. 2.

So although Paramount is being purchased by Skydance media, it’s being bankrolled by Ellison of Oracle software fame. Why he wants to run an entertainment studio, I have no idea.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/billionaire-larry-ellison-control-paramount-after-deal-bloomberg-news-reports-2024-09-05/

Time to turn things upside down.

“It’s not like ‘ER.’ It’s not kind of ‘ER.’ It’s not sort of ‘ER.’ It is ‘ER’ with the exact same executive producer, writer, star, production companies, studio and network as the planned ‘ER’ reboot.”

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/michael-crichton-the-pitt-er-reboot-john-wells-noah-wyle-1236120015/

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/warner-bros-tv-michael-crichton-lawsuit-response-er-the-pitt-1236120286/

ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels have gone dark for DirecTV's 11 million-plus subscribers as the sides fight over a new carriage agreement.

Paywall removed: https://archive.is/bJTc4

The Legend of Vox Machina returns October 3.