Peter White
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Eddie Murphy Moves Into Scripted TV With ‘The Chairman’ For Peacock (opens the original)
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Eddie Murphy is heading back to the small screen for his first scripted series. The Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America star, who got his start on Saturday Night Live, will star in The Chairman, a drama series from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner that is in the works at Peacock. Murphy has starred in around 40 movies since 48 Hours but has never headlined a scripted series, though he has created two shows back in the day: animated comedy The PJs for Fox and The Royal Family for CBS, both in t
‘Fast & Furious’ TV Series Greenlit At Peacock (Exclusive) (opens the original)
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EXCLUSIVE: Start those engines because the Fast & Furious franchise is coming to television. Deadline understands that Peacock has greenlit its first television series based on the hit movie franchise, which has made more than $7 billion at the global box office over the past 25 years. The series comes from Mike Daniels and Wolfe Coleman, who will write and serve as co-showrunners. The project was one of a number announced during NBCUniversal’s Upfront event in May in New York by franchise star
Guillermo Rodriguez Is Finally Getting His Moment (opens the original)
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Nearly a quarter of a century ago, Guillermo Rodriguez was working three jobs, one of which was a parking lot security guard when he got caught sleeping in Jimmy Kimmel Live! announcer Dicky Barrett’s car. That surprisingly led to a job on the ABC late-night show as Kimmel’s sidekick, a job that he retains today. But after over 23 years working for Kimmel, Rodriguez has waltzed into a new level of fame with his performances on Dancing with the Stars. Rodriguez has been a fan fave on the long-run
Why Hasn’t Jimmy Kimmel Signed A New Deal With Disney? (opens the original)
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Jimmy Kimmel has had an incredibly busy year after being pulled off the air last September by ABC and becoming a free-speech hero in the process. Last month, it emerged he was in talks to renew his deal with Disney ahead of his contract expiring in May. Dana Walden, President and Chief Creative Officer of the Walt Disney Company, was asked at the Bloomberg Screentime event Thursday why isn’t renewing Jimmy Kimmel Live! a “no-brainer,” particularly as his ratings have grown after CBS axed The Lat
Dana Walden Addresses Disney Layoffs (opens the original)
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Disney has gone through a number of layoffs this year and is just coming out of a voluntary retirement program. “It is extremely painful,” admitted Dana Walden, President and Chief Creative Officer of The Walt Disney Company, during an appearance Thursday at the Bloomberg Screentime conference. Earlier this week, Disney laid off a couple of hundred employees, largely in areas such as tech and HR. This come after it introduced a voluntary early retirement offer, which itself came after several hu
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