Ted Johnson

23 hours ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ted Johnson

As networks continue to dot their schedules with revivals of Match Game and Hollywood Squares and other mainstays, an exhibit to examine game show history and impact is looking to close a funding gap after a federal grant was pulled. The Strong Museum of Play, located in Rochester, NY, has been awarded a grant of almost $400,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an exhibit called Beyond the Buzzer: Game Shows in America.

1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ted Johnson

Sudeep Reddy, a veteran of Politico and The Wall Street Journal, will be MSNBC’s first Washington, D.C. bureau chief as the network is spun off from parent NBCUniversal and Comcast later this year. The D.C. bureau will at the Hall of States building, the same complex where NBC News is now. But the network said that it will be separate from the broadcast outlet, which will no longer be a sister network.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Ted Johnson

CNN is planning to launch roll out a subscription streaming service this fall, its latest attempt to gain a foothold in the market. A CNN spokesperson confirmed plans for the service, which would be a mix of live programming and on-demand content. More from DeadlineAdvertisementAdvertisementThe details of the new service will be unveiled on Wednesday as Warner Bros. Discovery makes its upfront presentation to advertisers.

3 days ago | deadline.com | Ted Johnson

When Joe Biden arrived at a heavily promoted, record-breaking fundraiser in Los Angeles last year, he didn't appear to recognize one of the star co-hosts of the event: George Clooney. The moment was detailed in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, to be published next week.

4 days ago | deadline.com | Ted Johnson

ABC News Studios' feature-length documentary Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything will premiere on Hulu on June 23, and later this year on Disney+. The project, from Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Documentaries, will have its world premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. It is directed by Jackie Jesko. The documentary will be "an intimate and raw look at her astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male-dominated industry.