| | | | | RuPaul on Moving to Mainstream Television and the ‘Political’ Nature of Drag Culture The ninth season of Drag Race premieres tonight on VH1 By Sami Main RuPaul is, in a word, busy. Between tonight's return of Drag Race, the release of his 11th studio album, an upcoming autobiography and the third annual DragCon in a few weeks, there's plenty on his proverbial plate. An Emmy win and ratings success for Drag Race and its All Stars series prompted Viacom to move...
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| | | | | | | | Vice Will Distribute Short-Form Scripted Content Across Digital Channels From blackpills Studio Partnership also includes select Pulse Films productions By Sami Main Vice has announced that it will distribute scripted content from short-form digital media studio blackpills. Located on Vice's digital properties for now, topics from the series will include everything from racial and sexual diversity in communities to dealing with death and other coming-of-age stories. "Our partnership with Vice, besides a shared DNA, offers us the...
Read more » | | SNL Will Air Its Final 4 Episodes of the Season Live Across the Country Melissa McCarthy returns to host on May 13 By Jason Lynch Saturday Night Live, which is in the midst of its most-watched season in 24 years thanks to Alec Baldwin's turn as President Donald Trump and Melissa McCarthy's appearances as White House press secretary Sean Spicer, is trying to keep that momentum going by airing the final four episodes of the season live in all time...
Read more » | | Trump Jokes Are Paying Off for Late-Night Shows, With Soaring Ratings and Ad Revenue Post-inauguration, Stephen Colbert and Samantha Bee are on fire By Jason Lynch Two months into his presidency, Donald Trump's pledge to "make America great again" isn't turning out quite as he had anticipated, but he's certainly already made late-night comedy shows lucrative again. Since Trump's inauguration in January, the late-night talk shows that skewer him the most mercilessly are seeing big ratings gains--including The Late Show with...
Read more » | | | | | MGM Television Is the First Big Entertainment Studio to Create Original Shows for Snapchat Opening up new possibilities for social video By Jason Lynch After spending the past year making deals with almost every major TV media company to produce original series for Snapchat, Snap Inc. is now getting into business with entertainment studios as well. MGM Television will be the first major entertainment studio to develop and produce original series for Snapchat's Discover platform, the companies announced today....
Read more » | | A+E Networks Marks Its Return to the Upfronts by Relaunching the Biography Franchise After sitting out last year, company is back to hone its brand messaging By Jason Lynch After sitting out last year's big upfront events, A+E Networks is back in the game this year. But that wasn't the only big return to tradition for the company, which also announced that it's relaunching its Biography franchise this spring. The company used its Tuesday night New York event, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center's...
Read more » | | YouTuber Lilly Singh Has Built an Entire Career Around Her Positive, Uplifting POV on Life For brands, our Digital Creator of the Year is a safe bet By Lauren Johnson Lilly Singh gets millennials. Specifically, she gets 13.1 million YouTube subscribers to tune in for weekly comedic videos poking fun at everything from her relationship with a fictional pair of parents to dating and work. Better known as IISuperwomanII, 28-year-old Singh--Adweek's 2017 Digital Creator of the Year--is one of YouTube's biggest creators, earning a reported...
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