"You guys have crushed it," TBS and TNT president Kevin Reilly enthused as members of TBS' programming team raised champagne flutes filled with mimosas. Reilly had gathered TBS staffers at NeueHouse Hollywood for a daylong off-site get-together back in September. The first item on the agenda for programming chief Brett Weitz and a dozen other executives seated around a conference table in a sunlit room was celebrating the hot streak of seven cons... Full Story on Variety.com →
As AT&T Merger Looms, Warner Bros. Revamps Its Film Ranks
There's been a whole lotta shakin' goin' on at Warner Bros. movie studio over the past month. This week, in a major management shift, Toby Emmerich was put in charge of all film operations with expanded duties, and the studio's veteran worldwide marketing and distribution chief Sue Kroll was …
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Golden Globes Shows Gender Parity Fight Starts With the Greenlight
The #MeToo and time's up movements have galvanized powerful women in the entertainment industry to work harder to effect social change and combat sexual misconduct in the workplace. But on the heels of a historic night at the Golden Globe Awards, insiders are still qu …
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'Modern Family' Bosses Reflect on the Road to 200 Episodes: 'We Can Pretty Much Tackle Anything Now'
When "Modern Family" premiered on ABC in 2009, Variety said it was "easily the new season's best comedy pilot" and noted that it "deftly [served] up laughs on multiple levels — from understated one-liners to grand sight gags." Though the series, which follows three individ …
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