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Dade Hayes Finance EditorWhile it came with several caveats attached, Sunday’s telecast of the Masters on CBS recorded the major tournament’s lowest final-round numbers since 1957, extending a streak of soft sports TV viewership numbers.The broadcast averaged a 3.4 rating and 5.59 million viewers, according to Nielsen. That is about 51% lower than last year, when Tiger Woods recorded a comeback win, and also well below the previous lows of 6.7 in 1980 and 11.05 million viewers in 2017.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMTV Commissions ‘Celeb Ex In The City’ MTV International is preparing the latest extension of its Ex On The Beach franchise in the shape of Celeb Ex In The City. Premiering on December 8, the series follows celebrity singletons as they attempt to find love in London.

Peter White Television EditorPresident Barack Obama is doing the late-night rounds.Hours after it was revealed that the 44th President of the United States would be appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, it emerged that he is also set to sit down with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.Obama will sit down with the CBS host next week to promote his new book A Promised Land.It marks his latest appearance with Colbert; in 2016, Obama appeared on The Late Show in a mock interview setting, which was his last late-night interview as President.He also appeared with the comedian on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report.

Ted Johnson President-elect Joe Biden said that “more people may die” if Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t coordinate during the transition period on their plans for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.Speaking to reporters on Monday, Biden said, “Look, as my chief of staff Ron Klain said when he handled ebola, a vaccine is important. It is of little use until people are vaccinated.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterSinbad, the comedian and actor who is known for his stand-up and his role in the Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, has suffered from a stroke and is currently recovering.In a statement submitted to the Associated Press, his family said “It is out of sincere love that we share Sinbad, our beloved husband and father, is recovering from a recent stroke. Sinbad is a light source of love and joy for many generations.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorDays after Disney CEO Bob Chapek praised Hulu’s live TV offering during the company’s quarterly earnings call, the company notified customers of a significant price increase.As of December 18, the package including more than five dozen networks will cost $64.99 a month for both current and new subscribers, up 18% from the previous rate of $54.99.The hike was relayed to subscribers by the company, which did not offer any additional comment on the move.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticPete Wright, the 54-year-old Broadway stagehand who fell to his death last Thursday from a ladder on the fly floor above the Winter Garden Theater stage, is being remembered as “a force of nature, often doing the work of three men when he ran load ins and load outs” of theatrical sets.In an online tribute posted by friend and coworker Dylan Foley, Wright was called a “legendary flyman” and mechanic with “a dry wit, an unstoppable work ethic and a trademarked grin.”“If you asked for something from Pete,” Foley wrote on Facebook and his New York Stagehand Glossary blog, “his line was, ‘For you, the grid’s the limit.’ He was completely fearless in how he lived his life as a stagehand.” Wright also was

Tom Grater International Film ReporterDavid Fincher has criticized Todd Phillips’ Oscar-winning superhero spin-off flic Joker for its portrayal of mental illness.In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Mank and Fight Club filmmaker said the movie was “a betrayal of the mentally ill” and also took a wider swipe at the Hollywood studios for only green-lighting films that they think will “make them a billion dollars”.“Nobody would have thought they had a shot at a giant hit with Joker had The Dark Knight not been as massive as it was.

Peter White Television EditorE! is going to take a look back at some of the most iconic moments in reality television in a seven-part doc series.The NBCU cable network has ordered For Real: The Story of Reality TV, hosted and exec produced by Andy Cohen.The series, which will air in early 2021, is produced by Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim/Murray Productions and Cohen’s Most Talkative.It will rewind the clock and revisit some of the most iconic reality television moments that have shaped the world we live in today and share the inside scoop from the stars of these shows from Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Bachelor and The Real World to The Real Housewives and Survivor.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterActor Ben Platt took to Twitter to reveal that he suffered through a bout of COVID-19 early this year in March.The Tony Award-winning actor responded to a tweet posted by graphic designer Ced Funches, who asked “Do you personally know anyone that has contracted COVID-19? No names, just yes or no.”The tweet caught the attention of many including Platt who replied, “Me. it was like an awful flu that lingered for 3 weeks or so.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerBlack Panther executive producer Victoria Alonso says the sequel to the blockbuster action film will not use a digital double for the late Chadwick Boseman, who played the title role in the first film.The MCU producer strongly denied the rumored digital appearance in an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarín.“No. There’s only one Chadwick, and he’s no longer with us.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorUPDATE: A suspect has been arrested in the assault on actor Rick Moranis in New York City, according to a report in the New York Post.A 35-year-old man is being held in Central Booking Saturday night, according to the report.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerA week after being bumped to 10 PM, ABC’s Shark Tank was back swimming in more familiar waters at 8 PM. The return proved fortuitous, as the show topped the evening’s demo wars with a solid 0.7 and the night’s largest total audience.The win by Shark Tank and a strong 0.6 by newsmag 20/20 powered ABC to the network victory on the evening.Elsewhere, Fox’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown came in at an 0.6, as an unsanctioned match between Drew McIntyre and Jey Uso, as well as Sami Zayn defending his Intercontinental Championship against Apollo Crews highlighted the matches.The 8th season premiere of The Blacklist on NBC delivered the top total viewer result in the time slot since May 15, and was the No.

Ted Johnson When Kayleigh McEnany appeared on Stuart Varney’s Fox Business show on Friday, in which she again refused to say that Donald Trump lost the election, she was identified not as the White House press secretary but as “Trump 2020 campaign senior adviser.”A day earlier, when she was appearing on Fox & Friends, she was asked whether President-elect Joe Biden would receive access to daily intelligence briefings.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPaul Hornung, the so-called “Golden Boy” running back who starred for Notre Dame and in the 1960s championship years of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, died today in his Louisville, Kentucky hometown. He was 84 and no cause of death was given by the Louisville Sports Commission.Hornung is one of only seven players to win the Heisman Trophy and later be named NFL MVP.

Peter White Television EditorLate-night is expected to get a little bit sillier in 2021.Remember when the late-night shows did daft sketches with celebrities, focused on strange local news or, not to get too political, made fun of the color of the President’s suit?There is a prediction from a swathe of late-night writers and showrunners that Deadline has spoken to that many of these shows will now devote more time to the offbeat comedy that many of them trafficked in before Donald Trump ran for and became President of the United States.“We deserve to have some frivolity in our lives,” one late-night showrunner told Deadline.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorOn Friday, California’s Director of Health and Human Services summed up his 45 minute press conference in three words: “I am worried.”Dr. Mark Ghaly then tried to underline the urgency of his words by saying, “This is an important, immediate situation.”Ghaly’s cohort Dr.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald is among a number of stars to have joined The Gilded Age, Julian Fellowes’ period drama for HBO.McDonald, who is also set to star in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, joins as a special guest star.A slew of Broadway stars added as major recurring guest stars. They include The King and I’s Kelli O’Hara, Hello, Dolly!’s Donna Murphy, who is also in Starz’ Power, Fun Home’s Michael Cerveris, who also starred in Netflix’s Mindhunter, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof’s Debra Monk, Promises Promises’ Katie Finneran, who was also in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, To Kill A Mockinbird’s Celia Keenan-Bolger, Gary’s Kristine Nielsen and King Lear’s John Douglas Thompson.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday city schools could close temporarily for in-person classes as early as Monday as coronavirus infections rise.“We should get ready,” de Blasio said in his weekly Friday appearance on The Brian Lehrer Show on New York public radio’s WNYC, saying parents should “have a plan for the rest of the month of November.”“I think that’s the safe way to think about it. Have an alternative plan beginning as early as Monday for this month if school is not open,” he said.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Jack Huston has stepped in to play the male lead in Wash Me in Tthe River, joining Robert De Niro and John Malkovich in the Randall Emmett-directed action drama.Taylor Kitsch exited the role, this after agreeing to replace Colson “Machine Gun Kelly” Baker. The action-thriller is in the vein of No Country for Old Men.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Mindful that David Mamet gave me the best quote I’ve ever gotten in 30 years of trade reporting, I have been chasing him down to try to get him to answer a question on my mind. What does it feel like for a great writer of dialogue to have an actor like the late Sean Connery — who won his only Oscar with the Mamet-scripted Brian De Palma-directed drama The Untouchables — elevate the words like Connery did as the rough and tumble Irish cop Jim Malone? Or, for that matter, when Alec Baldwin and the other stellar stars turned Glengarry Glen Ross in a master class in toxic testosterone.