Writers Guild of America calls first work stoppage in 15 years as industry grapples with streaming boom

A few weeks back, we reported on a strange wrinkle facing the upcoming seasons of Law & Order and its variouis spin-offs, as NBC and Dick Wolf Productions attempted to find a way to keep the shows going despite budgets dropping all over the place in Hollywood at the moment. Their solution seemed pretty damn drastic: Cutting back individual season orders for almost all of the performers across the shows, meaning that none of them (except possibly major leads) would be in every episode of a season.

‘Merry Little Batman’ and offshoot ‘Bat-Family’ extend the streamer’s deal with Warner Bros. Discovery after the two-season order for ‘Batman: Caped Crusader.’

Harrison Ford is revealing that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will be the last time he plays the archeologist. “This is the final film in the series, and this is the last time I’…

Paramount Television Studios is taking a new stab at a Galaxy Quest TV series based on DreamWorks’ cult 1999 sci-fi comedy movie.

There's a big difference between "it's not good" and "it's not for me." Most often, this difference comes up with genres: musicals, horror, romance, whatever. You could make the best slasher movie in existence, and it's not going to work on somebody who doesn't like slasher movies. But it can also apply to storytelling choices that make a show less compelling. Same talent, same hard work by people who clearly didn't abruptly become bad at their jobs.

Hollywood writers have until Monday to authorize their union to call a strike amid contentious contract negotiations with major studios. The authorization, based on a vote by guild members, would grant the leadership of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) the ability to call a strike if it can’t reach a contract with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) by 1 May.

The sixth edition of Canneseries, the international festival for premium series, kicked off Friday with the world premiere of the first episode of Apple TV+’s sci-fi show “Silo.” Lead actor and executive producer Rebecca Ferguson, director and executive producer Morten Tyldum, and screenwriter and executive producer Graham Yost walked the pink carpet at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, and spoke about the show on stage, before attending a party at an exclusive beach-side venue.

In a time before Netflix and other streaming services conquered television, HBO made history with the production of an epic series unlike any seen before. "Rome" possessed a scale normally reserved for feature-length Hollywood films, not the small screen. Yet, the success of "The Sopranos" had shown that the premium cable network could go beyond the expectations most people had for television at the time, as demonstrated by the slogan: "It's not TV. It's HBO."

TNT has announced an official premiere date for its scripted action thriller “The Lazarus Project,” which was previously set to come out earlier this year. “The Lazarus Project” will make its debut…

On April 12, the merged Hollywood giant will unveil its combined streaming platform — with subscription tier pricing, programming strategy and the name yet to be revealed.

Last year’s massively expensive Lord of the Rings show on Amazon, Rings of Power, had a lot of hype going into it. Yet after Amazon spent over $450 million on the lavish production, a report claims that fewer than half of the viewers who watched the first episode finished the entire series.

Picture-in-Picture has been a feature on Apple’s platforms for a few years, allowing a single video to pop out into a floating window while the user browses the rest of the OS. Apple appears to be working on upgrading that capability, at least for live sports matches in the Apple TV app. Code references first spotted by Steve Moser in the iOS 16.5 betas describe a new “Multiview” experience for the Apple TV app, supporting up to four simultaneous streams at once.

Yes, lots of people saw the first episode of Rings of Power, but the last episode? Not so much.

The survivors reach the point of no return, while their adult counterparts run from some hard realities.

Heading into April, watching sports is probably a priority with NCAA tournaments and the upcoming NBA playoff season. Some of you may be paying for a live TV streaming service in addition to mainstays like Netflix or Disney Plus to catch all of it. It can get expensive. But there are a few TV shows and movies worth streaming this month, even if that means holding on to a subscription longer like than you want to.

EXCLUSIVE: The Last of Us has zeroed in on its home base for season 2. The HBO drama will set up shop in Vancouver for the continuing saga of Joel (Pedro Pascal)

There’s a new version of The X-Files on the horizon from Ryan Coogler, according to series X-Files Chris Carter. “I just spoke to a young man, Ryan Coogler, who is going to remount The X-File…

The thriller from Shawn Ryan has the third biggest series premiere week on record in the streamer's internal rankings.

Original series creator Chris Carter is claiming Coogler plans to 'remount' the long-running TV show 'with a diverse cast.'