Peabody Awards Nominations: ‘The Bear’, ‘Bluey’, ‘The Last Of Us’ & More — Full List

The Peabody Awards on Thursday revealed its full list of nominations for its 84th edition, with high-profile TV series like The Bear, Bluey, The Last of Us, Reservation Dogs, Fellow Travelers, Blue Eye Samurai, Last Week TonightJury Duty and Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur among those making the cut.

Amazon, YouTube Vie For NBA Streaming Rights As League’s Media Talks Heat Up

League is advancing toward lucrative deals with incumbent partners and is in talks with tech giants as well as NBCUniversal.

‘The Talk’ On CBS Launching First Comedian Series

The Talk may be wrapping up after 15 seasons in December, but Executive Producer Rob Crabbe and his team are not going down without a fight. For the first time in its history, The Talk will invite guest comedians on the show to yuk it up for the crowd and cameras. “Stand Up At The Talk” will launch April 26 and return each Friday.

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Prime Video Adds Live NHL Hockey Games In Canada

The two-year deal will see National Hockey League games appear exclusively on the Amazon streaming site on Monday nights.

‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Moving To Peacock For Season 5

Source say NBC passed on bringing back the Chris Meloni-led spinoff, with the streamer formalizing a deal for a 10-episode order for the Dick Wolf drama.

The CW To Air Miss USA And Miss Teen USA Pageants

The 73rd Miss USA Pageant to air live on Sunday, Aug. 4, Miss Teen USA on Thursday, Aug. 1.

Reality Of Change And Rare Join Forces To Support Unscripted TV Community Around Addressing Climate Change And Sustainability

Eco-entertainment organization Reality of Change and the global environmental nonprofit Rare are partnering to “engage the unscripted television industry in creating meaningful, impactful ways to address the critical need for […]

‘The Equalizer’ Renewed For Season 5 By CBS, ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Still In Limbo

CBS has picked up a fifth season of drama The Equalizer, starring and executive produced by Queen Latifah, for 2024-25. As Deadline reported last week, the renewal was fully expected, with the delay related to lead studio Universal Television negotiating a deal with Queen Latifah. It recently closed, paving the way to a renewal.

Seattle Kraken Increases Broadcast And Streaming Access Through Partnerships With Tegna And Prime Video

The new deal includes Tegna stations in Seattle, Portland and Spokane and streaming on Prime Video across Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

Italian Hotel Staff Pranks Rainn Wilson With Jell-O A La ‘The Office’

Ryan Gosling Scores Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ Audience In Years

The actor’s April 13 episode, which also featured musical guest Chris Stapleton, drew 8.9 million viewers after seven days, according to NBCUniversal. In the 18-49 demo, the episode is up to a 2.0 rating. That’s the show’s largest seven-day audience since Billie Eilish hosted in December 2021, and it’s the best demo performance since Dave Chappelle’s last hosting gig in November 2022.

‘Fallout’ Officially Renewed For Season 2 At Amazon

Paramount+ Renews ‘Dora’ For Season 2

MONDAY OVERNIGHTS

‘NCIS,’ ‘The Voice’ And ‘Idol’ Lead Monday, ‘All American’ Rebounds

CBS’s NCIS was Monday’s most-watched show 6.3 million/0.3), while NBC’s The Voice tied ABC’s American Idol for the nightly demo win (0.4).

Steve Carell To Star Opposite Tina Fey In Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’ Update

Tubi Partners With Sports Streaming Platform DAZN

Tubi, Fox’s free, ad-supported streamer, has partnered with British streaming service DAZN to add new channels featuring live and recorded women’s football, or soccer, as its known in the U.S., as well as boxing and MMA.

Scripps Exploring Sale Of Black-Culture Diginet Bounce TV

E.W. Scripps, one of the largest local TV broadcasters in the U.S., has hired a financial adviser to evaluate interest in acquiring Bounce TV, its over-the-air network geared toward African Americans, according to Scripps CEO Adam Symson.

Amazon’s Prime Video And Netflix Are Crashing TV’s Ad-Selling Party

The streaming services will be looking for a larger share of the $27-billion pot for commercial time in the 2024-25 TV season.

Luke Kleintank To Exit ‘FBI: International’ After Three Seasons

Pluto TV To Roll Out ‘South Park’ Channels For International Markets

SUNDAY OVERNIGHTS

On-the-Bubble ‘Equalizer’ Returns Low After Multi-Week Break

CBS’s Tracker this week was Sunday’s most-watched TV program (7.6 million viewers/0.4), while ABC’s AFV and American Idol tied for the nightly demo win )0.5). The yet-to-be-renewed The Equalizer returned from a multi-week break to 6M/0.4, hitting and matching season lows.

Terry Carter, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ And ‘McCloud’ Actor, Dies At 95

Lionsgate Signs Long-Term Deal With TV Production Head Gary Goodman

Goodman is in charge of production of Lionsgate’s scripted series and its TV production facilities in Yonkers, N.Y.; Atlanta; and one that is about to open in Newark, N.J.

Raw Travel’s ‘My Summer In Ukraine’ Series Premieres April 27

AIM Tell-A-Vision Group (AIM TV), producers of travel show Raw Travel, announced that the first part of their four-part docuseries, My Summer in Ukraine, premieres April 27-28 with “Chapter One: Silence is Death.” “Chapter Two: Answering the Call” premieres May […]

DirecTV Adds 7 New Channels From Cineverse And Scripps Networks

The licensing agreement with Cineverse includes The Bob Ross Channel, Comedy Dynamics, Dove Channel and Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, while Scripps Networks’ Court TV and Scripps News all join DirecTV’s lineup today.

‘All American’ Season 6 Expanded By The CW

This is a rare occurrence in the current strike-impacted broadcast season — a scripted series getting an order for additional episodes. According to sources, the CW’s flagship drama All American is having its current sixth season extended from 13 episode to 15.

FIFA Said to Be Close To TV Deal With Apple For New Tournament

The agreement would give the tech company worldwide rights for a monthlong World Cup-style competition between top teams set to take place next year.

Upcoming 14th Season of ‘Vera’ To Be Its Last

Dusty Kay, Writer And Producer On ‘Entourage’ And ‘Roseanne,’ Dies At 69

Tegna’s WTHR-WALV Land Local Broadcast Rights To Indiana Fever

The Indianapolis NBC-MeTV affils will air select Fever games following the Fever’s historic 2024 draft of Caitlin Clark.