As Yellowjackets fans eagerly await Season 3, Showtime has been hit with a lawsuit claiming the idea for the Emmy-nominated series was stolen from the 2015 Shyam Madiraju-helmed survival thriller Eden. Filed Nov. 14 in New York federal court, the copyright infringement lawsuit also names Lionsgate…

The NBA and Warner Bros Discovery are taking their court battle over basketball TV rights out of the courts. While nothing has been filed yet in New York, the Adam Silver-led NBA and the David Zaslav-run WBD have reached a deal to end their months-long legal dispute and spread the wealth around…

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary. Leavitt was the national press secretary during Trump's recent campaign, and served as assistant press secretary in the first term. At age 27, Leavitt will be the youngest White House press secretary in…

EXCLUSIVE: Pattrn, a climate-themed FAST channel owned by Allen Media Group, will stop programming next month, returning to its social media roots and keeping a weekend TV presence on The Weather Channel. A rep for AMG confirmed to Deadline that Pattrn’s 24/7 programming will come to an end on…

UPDATED with closing price. The Mouse is regaining its mojo on Wall Street. Disney stock, which hit a 2024 bottom of $83.91 over the summer, has roared back to life and posted a second straight day of significant gains after an upbeat earnings report Thursday morning. Shares gained 5.5% to close…

Steven Cheung, who served as one of Donald Trump’s top spokespersons during his presidential campaign, will move to the White House to serve as assistant to the president and communications director. Cheung had been director of communications for the campaign, and previously served in the Trump…

The Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the blast radius of the 2024 election and the often blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features commentary and interviews with top…

Oprah Winfrey has tried to tamp down the notion — which has gotten some traction on social media — that she was paid $1 million to endorse Kamala Harris. The story gained fuel after a Washington Times story that cited campaign finance records showing that Oprah Winfrey’s production company, Harpo…

As news broke that Donald Trump was nominating Robert Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services, CNN’s Jake Tapper gave blunt assessment of what’s ahead: “Well, America, I hope you like measles.” Kennedy, who waged a third-party presidential bid before endorsing Trump, has spent the…

UPDATE: House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries may believe Robert F. Kennedy Jr is the wrong pick to run the powerful the Department of Health and Human Services, but Donald Trump is convinced the scion of American political royalty is set “to Make America Great and Healthy Again!” When it comes to…

Donald Trump has selected two attorneys who defended him in his New York hush money trial to top roles in the Justice Department. Todd Blanche has been nominated to serve as deputy attorney general, while Trump selected Emil Bove as principal associate deputy attorney general. Bove also will serve as…

A new day is dawning for public television in the streaming era, with PBS and Amazon reaching a deal to bring 150 local stations, PBS Kids and two new FAST channels to Prime Video. As in the longstanding linear broadcast model, station programming will only be available to viewers located in a given…