UPDATED: Former Matlock series regular David Del Rio has been questioned again about the alleged Sept. 26 sexual assault incident, which led to his firing from the show. According to sources, the development happened after Del Rio retained a new attorney, Shawn Holley, following his October dismi…

CBS Studios is extending its relationship with prolific creators and producers Robert King and Michelle King, renewing their overall deal at the studio. The husband and wife team, who have been at CBS Studios since 2009, are behind a slew of hit series that have launched over the past 15 years…

EXCLUSIVE (Updated with Carr’s memo): BET’s President of Media Sales Louis Carr will lead the cable network where he has been for 39 years. He has been promoted to President, succeeding Scott Mills, who is exiting as BET Media Group President and CEO. Carr will also continue in his role as President…

Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project) has joined the leading cast of the CBS pilot Eternally Yours, from Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, showrunners and executive producers of the hit comedy Ghosts. Weeks will portray the character of Charles on the single-camera comedy set to shoot in early 2026. Eternally You…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Studios has renewed its overall deal with director/producer Larry Teng. Under the new pact, he will continue to develop new series for broadcast and streaming. Teng, who has been under overall deals at CBS Studios for the past six years, serves as an executive producer on the…

Paramount has laid out plans to significantly expand its television studios’ output after its acquisition by David Ellison's Skydance. The company operates two major television studios – CBS Studios and Paramount TV Studios. After its first financial results since the deal closed, the company…

EXCLUSIVE: Australian streamer Stan and CBS Studios have teamed for The F Ward, a six-part drama about medical interns who are on their last chance. Co-created by Dan Edwards (Bump, Romper Stomper) and Kelsey Munro (Bump) and produced by John Edwards, Dan Edwards and Kelsey Munro for Roadshow Rough…

EXCLUSIVE: The CBS leadership team is staying intact. With George Cheeks, formerly President and CEO of CBS, becoming the only member of Paramount Global’s top executive suite to transition to post-Skydance acquisition Paramount, Deadline can reveal that his lieutenants, Amy Reisenbach, President of…

Former head of CBS Studios drama development and CBS All Access programming Julie McNamara is returning to the fold, partnering with one of the studio’s top writer-producers, Matlock creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman. McNamara has joined Urman’s CBS Studios-based Sutton St. Productions…

Star Trek will celebrate its 60th anniversary next year with a flurry of fan-centered celebrations of the storied franchise, which include special events and partnerships, a Rose Parade float and the premieres of upcoming series like Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, as well as Star Trek: Scouts, a new…

James Norton took an all action approach to filming his new period drama King and Conqueror, but unfortunately there were consequences. Norton, who plays Harold Godwinson in CBS Studios' 1066 epic, revealed at a recent Q&A that he fell off a horse during rehearsals in Iceland and broke his…

EXCLUSIVE: The new, post-Skydance merger Paramount has two major TV studio units: the existing CBS Studios, led by David Stapf and overseen by Paramount Chair of TV Media George Cheeks, and the newly formed Paramount TV Studios, headed by former Skydance TV President Matt Thunell and overseen by Dana…