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Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe Walt Disney Company may be losing some of its privilege, at least when it comes to a potential pay-equity class action lawsuit against the House of Mouse, what they knew and when they knew it.As part of the ongoing action first filed back in April 2019 by two long time female employees of Disney, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge on September 25 ordered the company to partially pull back the corporate curtain on how compensation is determined and paid out at the Burbank HQ’d media giant.First revealed in a document dump by Disney lawyers on August 6, this could end up being a mere fishing expedition or a treasure trove for plaintiffs LaRonda Rasmussen, Karen Moore and now others, depending

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIn a recent interview remembering the generosity and great soul of late actor Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, who starred with him in last summer’s cop action pic 21 Bridges, tells UK’s Empire magazine that the actor/producer of the movie gave up part of his salary so that the actress could get paid her asking price on the $33M STX production.“I asked for a number that the studio wouldn’t get to,” says Miller who was looking to take a break as her daughter was starting school. The actress told herself “‘I’ll do it if I’m compensated in the right way.’ And Chadwick ended up donating some of his salary to get me to the number that I had asked for.

Ted Johnson Joe Biden holds a lopsided lead over Donald Trump in a poll of Latino voters commissioned by Univision News, but the gap narrows in the decisive state of Florida.Biden leads Trump in the Sunshine State 52% to 36%, but that is a contrast to other states like Texas and Arizona where the Democratic nominee has a much wider lead among Latino registered voters.Biden leads Trump 66% to 24% among Latino registered voters, with 8% undecided, according to the poll. In Texas, the margin was 66% to 25%, and in Arizona it was 65% to 25%.Trump also fares better in Florida for his overall approval among Latinos.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsCharles Barkely kept his silence about the Breonna Taylor ruling during Saturday’s NBA pregame coverage after he received backlash for his comments about the Kentucky attorney general’s decision.A day after the Kentucky official indicted Louisville Detective Brett Hankinson in the slaying of the EMT, Barkely said that he is wary to lump instances of police violence together.“I don’t think this one was like George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery and things like that. I feel sad that this young lady lost her life,” he said Thursday on TNT.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorA trio of shows on a trio of networks shared top honors in Friday’s broadcast primetime ratings, with Fox airing the fall premiere of WWE SmackDown, NBC showing Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals and ABC a fresh 20/20.Fox, NBC and ABC tied for the nightly win in the demo, while ABC was the night’s most-watched network behind a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos leading into 20/20, which drew a 0.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.82 million viewers — the latter tops on the night. It grew a tenth in the demo compared with last week.The two-hour SmackDown (0.5, 2.03M) was steady with last week, when it stood alone as the night’s highest-rated show.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump pretty much secured the main talking point for this week’s Real Time With Bill Maher after a Wednesday press conference in which Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lost the November election to Joe Biden.The topic of the concern over whether Trump would refuse to vacate the White House peacefully has been front and center for Maher for almost two years. It came up time and time again in Friday night’s show, from pressing Sen.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVBatwoman was among the first broadcast series to start production when cameras started rolling on its second season Sept. 3 in Vancouver.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“Certainly cases are going up,” said California’s director of Health and Human Services Dr. Mark Ghaly on Friday.

Peter White Television EditorWelcome to Late Night Laughs, Deadline’s new weekly look at the business of jokes after dark. Each week, it will focus on the biggest topics in the world of late-night, the people who make these shows tick and the moments that go viral.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorIt really hasn’t been broadcasted widely, but Sofia Coppola’s latest dramedy from Apple/A24, On the Rocks, is opening in key markets next weekend, Oct. 2.

Peter White Television EditorThe entire Saturday Night Live catalogue is finally heading to Peacock.The streamer is set to launch all 45 seasons of the veteran sketch comedy series beginning October 1. This marks one of the first times that every season of the NBC show will be available in one place to watch.Peacock currently airs a handful of episodes of SNL but it is largely best-of performances from the likes of John Belushi, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: In a deal that comes in high $40 millions, Apple Original Films has acquired worldwide rights to Cherry, the first film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo since their Avengers: Endgame became the highest global grossing film of all time. The film is a decidedly different kind of drama, an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Nico Walker that is based on his story.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ Thursday edition of Big Brother finished as primetime’s top-rated show with a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.00 million viewers (Live+Same Day), while facing stiff competition with the season premieres of ABC’s game show block. As a result, the two networks tied for the top spot in the demo.

Patrick Hipes, Nellie Andreeva The Masked Singer returned for its fourth season Wednesday night, combining with the premiere of the Ken Jeong-hosted I Can See Your Voice to give Fox the victory in the adults 18-49 demographic (Live+Same Day)on a busy night that featured the finale of NBC’s America’s Got Talent and CBS’ Big Brother.The COVID-impacted fall schedule is still struggling to bring back viewers to broadcast TV during premiere week, with overall TV usage last night down -21% from last year, in line with the declines on first two nights of the season.Masked Singer, which landed its first Outstanding Competition Program Emmy nom this year, scored a night-leading 1.4 rating in the 18-49 demo and drew 5.42 million viewers for a

Peter White Television EditorJames Corden has addressed rumors that he was set to take over Ellen’s daytime show – saying that there’s “absolutely no truth to that story”.The Late Late Show host made the statement during the middle of last night’s show. But it wasn’t at his desk, it was right after he drank some hot dog juice during the middle of the latest Spill Your Guts segment (see below).Corden was playing the game with musical act Alicia Keys, who is performing a week-long drive-in concert on the CBS show.“Genuinely, I have no idea where that story came from, I think someone started a rumor somewhere and someone jumped on it.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump would not commit to a peaceful transition of power after the election, again blaming the use of mail-in ballots in the upcoming election.At a press conference, Playboy correspondent Brian Karem asked Trump whether he would commit to a peaceful transition, no matter which way the election goes.“We’re going to have to see what happens. You know that.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor“The metrics posted by the state yesterday indicate that we’ve posted number that qualifies us to reopen further,” said L.A. County Director of Health and Human Services Barbara Ferrer.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe cast of Schitt’s Creek – Eugene and Daniel Levy, Catherine O’Hara and Annie Murphy – celebrated their record-breaking Emmy wins with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, and seemed to offer at least a little hope that fans haven’t seen the last of the Rose family.Asked by Kimmel about a possible Schitt’s Creek return at some point in the future, co-creator (and supporting actor/comedy Emmy winner) Daniel Levy joked, “I guess it just depends on how much money people want to spend.” On a more serious note, he added, “If we come back in some capacity, which I hope we do, it has to be deserving of everyone’s time.” Daniel did note, however, that ending the series on such a high note

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmGale Sayers, the Hall of Fame tailback for the Chicago Bears, has died at age 77. For sports fans of a certain age, simply hearing the theme song for the 1971 ABC telepic Brian’s Song is enough to make one misty.

Ted Johnson Cindy McCain, the widow of John McCain, appeared on all three network morning shows to endorse Joe Biden.“What I want from my country is the same thing everybody wants: I want a president who has my back, a president that will respect our troops, and a president that’s willing to listen and talk to both sides,” she said on CBS This Morning. She said that she hoped that Republican women “will maybe take a different look and take a harder look at the race and perhaps step over the line the way I did.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsTom Cruise and director Doug Liman’s may head into space in for their film in October 2021, images from the Space Shuttle Almanac reveal.On Monday the Twitter for the Space Shuttle Almanac shared a photo of spacecrafts and countries set to launch from in the next three years. While the chart may seem like an assuming collage of names, flags and spacecrafts at first, upon a closer look the chart reveals some names near and dear to Hollywood.Under the October 2021 part of the chart reads “SpaceX Crew Dragon,” with an image of a small space vehicle beside it.