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‘Will & Grace’ Debut Leads Thursday L+3 Gains With Biggest Lifts For NBC Comedy

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Will & Grace, whose return drew a 3.0 adults 18-49 Live+Same Day rating and 10.2 million viewers to rank as NBC’s highest-rated comedy telecast (excluding post-Olympic previews) in 4.5 years, set more high marks for the network with big Live+3 lifts. After three days of delayed viewing, the Will & Grace premiere rose by +2.6 rating point, +53%, in 18-49 (to 4.60) and +4.6 million viewers overall (to 14.8 million). These were NBC's biggest L+3 lifts for a primetime comedy… Read

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Tim Quill Dies: ‘Argo’ And ‘Hamburger Hill’ Actor Was 54

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Tim Quill, an actor who appeared in numerous films and TV shows ranging from Hamburger Hill and NYPD Blue to Scandal and Argo, has died. He was 54. Quill died September 25 at the Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey after a battle with cancer. Quill was born in Wilmington, DE, and moved to New York City in 1985 to pursue acting. He studied at the William Esper Acting Studio and was discovered and signed by agent Bob McGowan. Quill started his career with a role in the… Read

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‘Major Crimes’ Creator Says Cancellation “Was Not At All My Idea”

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Major Crimes creator James Duff is speaking out following TNT’s announcement today that the series will end after the upcoming sixth season. “I’m directing the finale of Major Crimes, so I can’t really answer all the questions that are being asked today about why Major Crimes was cancelled before we ran our sixth season,” Duff wrote in a Facebook post. “But I do want you to know that it was not at all my idea, nor did I want to leave the show. The actors, the writers, the… Read

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Kaitlyn Dever Cast In Dramatic Thriller ‘Them That Follow’

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Last Man Standing alumna Kaitlyn Dever has been added to the cast of Them That Follow, the dramatic thriller from Amasia Entertainment and G-Base. Brittany Poulton and Daniel Savages are co-directing the film, based on their script, with shooting scheduled to begin this month in Ohio. Dever  joins Olivia Colman, Alice Englert, Walton Goggins and Thomas Mann in the pic set in a small community in Appalachia where believers handle poisonous snakes to prove their… Read

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HBO CEO Richard Plepler On ‘Confederate’ Backlash: “We Screwed Up”

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Back in July, HBO announced the new drama series Confederate from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss – and a huge backlash immediately followed. Speaking at the Vanity Fair summit on Tuesday, HBO CEO Richard Plepler said of the press release announcement, “We screwed up in an important way.” With Nichelle Tramble Spellman and Malcolm Spellman, who are black, writing alongside Benioff and Weiss, Confederate apparently will depict a third American Civil War… Read

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Jason Aldean Cancels Southern California Concerts After Las Vegas Shooting

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Jason Aldean, the country star who was performing when a gunman opened fire on an outdoor concert Sunday in Las Vegas, has canceled three Southern California tour dates scheduled for this weekend. “As a result of what happened in Las Vegas this week, we have decided to cancel this coming weekend’s shows,” the multiplatinum singer-guitarist said this afternoon. “I feel like out of respect for the victims, their families and our fans, it is the right thing to do.” Read his… Read

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Three Veteran Broadway Reps Leave One Firm To Start Up New Agencies

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UPDATE  4:30 P.M. Asked to comment on the changes at DKC/O&M, producer Scott Rudin, all of whose recent shows have been represented by Rick Miramontez, told Deadline: "Rick Miramontez is the strongest and best press rep in the Broadway community.  He's a venerated and valued colleague of the highest level of players working on the street. Because two spoiled children decide to start an agency representing clients paying them $1,000 a month, and name their business after… Read

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Fox Buys ‘Midnight Lawyer’ Legal Drama Produced By Danny Strong With Penalty

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Fox has given a second script commitment plus penalty to a legal drama from Empire co-creator Danny Strong this season. Written and executive produced by Manhunt: Unabomber co-executive producer Nick Schenk, Midnight Lawyer is about a lawyer who gets his clients out of trouble they get into after dark. He used to live the NYC after-hours life and now he's always striving to save people the way he saved himself— but this business comes with temptations. His clients are… Read

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‘The Affair’: Christopher Meyer Joins Season 4 Cast Of Showtime Drama Series

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Christopher Meyer (The Fosters) has been cast in a key role opposite Dominic West in the upcoming fourth season of Showtime's The Affair. Created by Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi, The Affair explores the emotional and psychological effects of an affair that destroyed two marriages and the crime that brings these individuals back together, as told through multiple perspectives. Season 4 finds Noah (West), Helen (Maura Tierney), Alison (Ruth Wilson) and Cole (Joshua Jackson)… Read

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Viola Davis & Larry Wilmore Producing ‘Black Don’t Crack’ Comedy Set At ABC

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How To Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis has teamed with Insecure co-creator Larry Wilmore for Black Don’t Crack, a multi-camera comedy, which has sold to ABC. Written and executive produced by Insecure co-executive producer Regina Hicks, Black Don’t Crack is named after the popular urban phrase articulating the notion that African Americans’ skin does not wrinkle and ages slower than people from other ethnicities. It centers around three former sorority sisters who… Read

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Kate Winslet Joins ‘Avatar’ Universe For ‘Titanic’ Reunion With James Cameron

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EXCLUSIVE: Kate Winslet and James Cameron have a little history. Two decades ago she starred in his global juggernaut Titanic, which was the top-grossing film of all time until Cameron’s Avatar came along in 2009. Now the two are reuniting for the first time since the Big Boat sailed — Winslet has signed on for a starring role in the ongoing Avatar adventure at Fox. “Kate and I have been looking for something to do together for 20 years, since our collaboration on Titanic… Read

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Disney CEO Bob Iger On Gun Control Following Vegas Tragedy: “This Isn’t Politics, This Is A Crisis”

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Some might have been critical about calls for gun control following the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday, saying it’s disrespectful to discuss politics so soon, but Disney CEO Bob Iger railed against that idea at the Vanity Fair summit on Tuesday. “I don’t think this is politics,” he said. “I think this is a crisis.” Iger also compared the level of disgust over the incident to the furor surrounding the NFL protest. “In this day and age we get outraged when an… Read

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